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House: National Assembly

Date of Meeting: 29 Nov 2018

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The House met at 14:02.

The House Chairperson Ms M G Boroto took the Chair and requested members to observe a moment of silence for prayer or meditation.

DEBATE ON 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM OF NO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN: #HEARMETOO – A WOMAN OF FORTITUDE

The MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Hon Chairperson, hon Members of Parliament, representatives of Civil Society and Women’s Movements, ladies and gentlemen, I stand here before you to talk about one of the most and highly emotive issues in South Africa and the world. This scourge knows no colour, knows no religion, knows no race, knows no class and knows no political

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affiliations. It ravages communities and families across class and the colour line. It is a societal challenge which requires a societal responses.

IsiZulu:

Ngicela nje ukuthi namhlanje ngingahlushwa uma ngikhuluma ngento ebuhlungu kakhulu kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika. Ngikhuluma ngento engakhethi ukuthi ungubani, unjani, unemali engakanani nokuthi ungubani emphakathini.

English:

Let us just for a moment put ourselves in the shoes of those who suffer in the hands of abusers. Let us even if it is for a minute feel their pain and trauma. As we do that, let us call upon for those who believe on our almighty and those who believe on ancestors to get into the hearts and minds of these heartless abusers so that they can understand and feel the suffering and the pain that they caused to their victims. This year marks 20 years since South Africa adopted the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children Campaign. 16 Days of

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Activism is an international campaign aimed at building and strengthening a global movement that works towards ending all forms of gendered violence against women and girls.

This campaign, led by the United Nations, takes place annually from the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November to the International Human Rights Day on 10 December. South Africa was amongst the first nations to adopt the global campaign in 1999. Indeed, to defeat the unacceptably high levels of gender-based violence requires the collective efforts of all South Africans. Individually and collectively, we must commit ourselves to do everything in our power to reclaim every part of our land from those who terrorise women and children. These founding provisions demand of us ...

We have a Constitution, part of which responds to the rights of women through such founding provisions such as human dignity, achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights.

These founding provisions demand of us to respond to a clarion call that together we must make a solemn pledge that we will

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liberate our homes, including our bedrooms, streets, workplaces, religious institutions and every corner of society from the scourge of gender-based violence. We must isolate and frown upon all who turn a blind eye to acts of abuse against women and children.

In the 24 years of our democracy, government has made significant progress in fighting gender-based violence by formulating and promulgating substantive legislative and policy frameworks. No one can contest our assertion that in the 24 years of freedom and democracy, the ANC-led government has registered significant progress in restoring the dignity of women. Through our progressive policies, the living conditions of the majority of women have undergone significant qualitative change. Women now occupy their rightful places in society and are able to exercise rights and access opportunities that were a dream only about 24 years ago. However, Chairperson and hon members, violence against women and children threatens to reverse all these gains and to derail our national efforts to promote women empowerment and gender equality.

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The Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998, was promulgated to provide mechanisms to deal with subliminal forms of domestic violence such as emotional and financial abuse, threats and intimidation. The Act also provides for witnesses of domestic violence to report to the law enforcement agencies. The Criminal Law Amendment, or the Sexual Offences and Related Matters Act 32 of 2007 provides for gender neutral definitions of rape victims and for special protection for survivors. The Criminal Procedure Act 51 was promulgated in 1997, and provides for procedural mechanisms for the prosecution of criminal activities which encompass acts of violence perpetrated against women. Despite all these efforts, we remain painfully aware that much more still needs to be done. Although South Africa has enacted progressive legislation as well as introduced measures to deal with gendered forms of violence, we know as a matter of fact that violence against women and children remains a reality.

We base ourselves on the understating that the global importance of the struggle to end gender inequalities is encapsulated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030.

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South Africa is party to and signatory to various international conventions and protocols that call upon us to institute appropriate measures to eradicate gender-based violence. These include the United Nations, UN, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Cedaw, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Southern African Development Community, SADC, and African Union, AU, protocols on human rights and women rights.

South Africa is an instrumental member of the global village, is party and signatory to various conventions. The women of South Africa have concrete expression to the #HearMeToo campaign during the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Summit which was held on the 1 and 2 November. Addressing the Summit, the President said:

I am convinced that by working together, by confronting difficult issues, and by mobilising all South Africans, we shall create a society where women and children feel safe and are safe at all times and in all places.

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Indeed, a multisectoral onslaught will help us defeat this scourge. The Minister for Women, Minister Bathabile Dlamini, is bringing attention to this year’s #HearMeToo theme through the Robot against gender-based violence. The Robot is an instant and critical determinant between healthy and unhealthy relationships. The Robot is about protection and safety. It is about taking precautionary measures, asking for help, and walking away from violent and abusive relationships.

According to the theme #HearMeToo for 2018 is supported by the sub-theme ‘Women of Fortitude’, which focuses on unlocking women and girls’ potential, and reaching out to those in far-flung areas. The sustainability of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign is supported by the 365 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children initiative. This extends the 16 Days of Activism campaign to a longer term, enabling more inclusive, and continuous programmatic interventions and awareness. We must respect, appreciate and love women and children 365 days a year. Government’s strategic approach to the 16 Days of Activism Campaign is guided by the lessons provided by those who fought

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for the struggle before us. The history of South African women’s movement and activism reminds us of the strength in women’s unity. It is only when women unite across race, class, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, religious beliefs and political parties that the goal of total emancipation of women can be achieved.

Under the umbrella of the Federation of South African Women in 1954, women dismantled the social barriers that divided them and united towards a common goal. It was through this unity that women in our country managed to deliver the historic victories such as the Women’s Charter in 1956. On the 9th of August 2018, President Ramaphosa made reference to the importance of honouring 100 years of women’s struggles that were led by Charlotte Maxeke through the Bantu Women’s League.

The women of South Africa, in particular the women in the African National Congress, convened the Malibongwe Conference in Holland where gender activists and experts from across the post- independence world shared feminist insights with South African

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women. This was one of the first meetings to feature internal women activists, exiles, and women from other countries evaluating and debating gender politics in post-apartheid South Africa. The African National Congress, the ANC, started the struggle for women emancipation many decades ago. At the conference, women criticised the domination of political structures by men and the marginalisation of women from decision-making structures. The conference gave great prominence to the concept of the struggle for nonsexism.

I may take this opportunity hon members, to say that I am able to stand here and the majority of women who are here in this hall today, whether this side or that side of the House, are a result of that struggle which was started by the ANC Women’s League and fought for women during the liberation struggle itself because the women of the ANC Women’s League said that the struggle for liberation for women cannot be postponed until South Africa is free. It has to be during the time of our liberation struggle. It is also for this reason that we say during this year’s 16 Days of Activism Campaign, the Department

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The outrage of women, non-profit organisation, NGOs, and our lobbying as parliamentarians, led to the recent Gender Summit being called by the President. I could see that the President was moved by the desperate stories told by the women, victims of rape and crime, but also victims of the system and the inadequate systems that do not meet the needs of the vulnerable in South Africa.

So, please, Mr President, look at the unique approach. Women matters and our health depend on the strength of the family, as well as on women who are resilient and strong, whether to nurture and support partners and children.

I challenge you Mr President, the Ministers of Justice and the Minister of Finance, respectively to find the funds to ensure the safety of our citizens. Let us go back to our Bill of Rights and our Constitutional so that we can implement the decisions and resolution made at the summit.

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This will be my last plea from this podium before I retire. To paraphrase the words of Nancy Pelosi Never losing faith, we worked to redeem the promise of America, that all men and women are created equal. For our daughters and our granddaughters today we have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our granddaughters now the sky is the limit.

Women, know your power. Let us stand together in unity, women and men, to heal our nation and to save future generations to know their power.

IsiXhosa:

Malibongwe igama lamakhosikazi! Nkosi sikelela i-Afrika. Ndiyabulela.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Thank you very much for the road taken on women issues. Thank you.

IsiZulu:

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Nk M S KHAWULA: Sihlalo, khona ngiyezwa bakithi umhlonishwa laphaya uyakhuluma ngabantu besifazane kodwa into ebalulekile nje ukuthi make sifundeni ukuthi into esiyikhulumayo iyenzeka yini. Kuyimanje njengoba ngikhuluma nje abantu besifazane uma bethi bayazidayisela bayaboshwa emadolobheni niyakubona kwenzeka eThekwini, befuna nje ukuphilisa abantwana babo. Okunye, ngisanenzela amazubela ... [Ubuwelewele.] bese nizothi nina la abantu besifazane niyalwisana nokuhlumuzeka kwabo, ngibala ukudwengulwa nokuhlukunyezwa ngendluzula kodwa nina uqobo, nangu ezisholo laphaya umhlonishwa ukuthi uyabadlwengula, mbopheni. [Ubuwelewele.]

Engizokusha la – angizile ukuzodlala la – ngithe kwisigceme-75 e-Lamontville kunemindeni yabesifazane nezingane ezihkezi laphayana ezilala ndawonye

USIHLALO WENDLU (Nk M G Boroto): Mam’Khawula! Mam’Khawula, thatha isihlalo kancane.

Nk M S KHAWULA: Ungasidli-ke isikhathi sami ngyakucela.

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English:

Mr H P CHAUKE Chair, on a point of order:

IsiZulu:

Umama wami engimthanda kakhulu wenza isitatimende esingalungile sokuthi kukhona umuntu laphayana, athi yena, udlwengula abantu besifazane, bengithi nje kuphela makayihoxise lento lena ngoba ayihlali kahle. Impela nje, ngumama wami engimthandayo lo ... [Ubuwelwele.] ungayingeni-ke wena, ungayingeni nakancane nje, thula. Ukhulumelani-ke wena? Wenzani? Umdala kangaka? He-e!

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No! My point is made Chair.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon Chauke! Hon Chauke, you made your point and I don’t think that is what she actually said. Thank you, continue ma.

IsiZulu:

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Nk M S KHAWULA: Awu! Ngiyabonga. Kuyimaje usihlalo weqembu lomama okuwuyena osengene kulowethu uMnyango Wezabesifazane Ehhovisi Lokamongameli, into eyenzekile ukuthi ngimbikele udaba lokuthi e-Lamontville eWema kunemindeni eyehlukene engamashumi amathathu okungabesifazane, yizingane, wogogo, kulalwa ndawonye befakwa yikhansela lakhona lakwaKhanyile, ngisho u-MEC uDlomo uyalwazi udaba ngimbikelile. Yiziphi izinto kanti ngempela okufanele sikukhulume ngazo ngoba ningafuni ukuzilungisa, kufuneka badlwengulane yini laba bantu? Futhi ithoyilethi abalisebenzisayo lilodwa, nina nizoyithatha njengehlaya lento, ngoba aniyenzi lento okuthiwa yi-oversight nomsebenzi womphakathi. Aniyi emphakathini nina, nigcina ngokuhlala lana.

Sihlalo omuhle, noma ungekho muhle ngoba ugqoke esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka namhlanje ... [Ihlombe.] [Ubuwelewele.] emasontweni ambalwa edlule owesifazane uNk Matalana wadutshulwa washona elokishini lase Nyanga khona la eKapa. Lentokazi ishiye umtwana omncane ozokhula ebhekene nenkinga yokungasabi nomzali. Kuze kube yimanje akekho oseboshiwe ngalesi sehlakalo,

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kunalokho umndeni wakhe njengamanje usunokwesaba ngoba abazi noma bazobuya yini laba abambulele bezobabulala nabo.

Emasontweni ambalwa edlule siyibonile intokazi enesibindi esimangilasayo, u Nk Cheryl Zondi, owanukubezwa uMfundisi u- Omotoso. Lo Mfundisi u-Omotoso kuyimanje sizimisele ukumbona eboshwa, sifuna ukubona nokuthi imvume unayo yini yokuthi azovula isonto la kanti yena uvula isonto lokuzoxhaphaza izingane ngoba izingane ziyamethemba bezazi ukuthi ungumzali kanti ungumuntu ozobulala. Iqiniso lithi kuyimanje baningi bayizigidigidi abanye okutholakala ukuthi nabo bayadlwengulwa. Zonke lezi zehlakalo zikhombisa ukuthi inkulu kakhulu inkinga esibhekene nayo. Uma nje singakwazi ukuthi silusukumele lolu daba singabantu besifazane. Kuyimanje abantwana abaningi baphila kabuhlungu ngaphansi kwezimo zokuthi abazali abanabo. Kodwa awuboni ukuthi kukhona ukubhekelela ... [Ubuwelewele.]

USIHLALO WENDLU (Nk M G Boroto): Siyabonga mama!

Nk M S KHAWULA: Anive niyenza lento yenu ... [Ubuwelewele.]

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USIHLALO WENDLU (Nk M G Boroto): Siyabonga ma, isikhathi sakho siphelile.

Nk M S KHAWULA: Kodwa njengenkosi kufanele ngabe uyajabula ukuthola umuntu okhulumela abantu njengami ngoba nina anizikhulumi zonke lezi zinto.

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Thank you very much, your time is up hon member. Thank you.

IsiZulu: 14:26:48

Nk M S KHAWULA: Ngicela ungi ... (microphone switched off)

Ms L L VAN DER MERWE: Hon House Chairperson, a few weeks ago, a monster was found guilty of the murder and rape of little Courtney Pieters. Courtney‘s killer gave her rat poison, before strangling her with a towel, and raping her. Courtney was only three years old. She was from Elsies River.

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It is in Elsies, where criminals are in charge. It is in Elsies, where women and children live in fear every, every single, day. Courtney, died, because the system that meant to protect her, failed her, but it is not only her story. It is the story told by many South Africans today.

It is told at our police stations, where women and children who are victims of abuse are turned away and told to go and work out their problems at home. It is told at our courts, where survivors of gender-based violence like Cheryl Zondi are retraumatised for being brave enough standing up and fighting for the truth.

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): That is a debate. I think you had your time. You had your time ma’am Khawula. Thank you very much.

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: Hon House Chair, once again and once a year, we are gathered here today as a form of protest to say no to violence against women and children. That is for 16 days in a year and we forget what is happening for the rest of the year.

While we are grandstanding here electioneering, our people are being raped, having their rights violated, they are being murdered and we spend more time here wanting to grandstand on that.

You know, the sad thing about it is that it happens all over, including where you govern. There are serious challenges. So, don’t come with excuses and blame others. Put your house in order first.

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What we have done is: we introduced Mother's Day because we forgot we had mothers. We introduced Father’s Day because we forgot we have fathers. Now, we have introduced 16 days of activism for no violence against women and children because we for forget them too. That’s the fact. But let us all ... [Interjections.]

Isizulu:

Nk M S KHAWULA: Uxolo Sihlalo., nginephuzu lokukhalima ophambukayo.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon Mme Khawula, on what point are you rising?

Isizulu:

Nk M S KHAWULA: Cha, bengithi mina ake singathathi lento siyenze ihlaya ngoba nje ngabe kuhle uma bekuyinkulumo-mpikiswano eyenziwa abantu besifazane bodwa. Lento ayishoyo athi: “there’s grandstanding” angazi ukuthi uqonde ukuthini.

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English:

We are not here to play. We come here to work.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon member, please take your seat. I am switching off your mic. Hon members, I am trying to be as calm as possible because of the debate that we are having today. This debate is not a joke. Hon members, lets allow the debate to flow. That is a point of debate, hon Mme Khawula, please. Continue hon member.

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: The EFF should be the last one to talk about because they have serious challenges of violating the rights of women in their party. There are allegations all over on what women should do to keep their jobs.

Ms N V MENTE: On a point of order.

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: What are they talking about?

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Ms N V MENTE: The member must not mislead the county and talk about things he knows nothing of. He must focus on his dying party. Leave the EFF alone. Focus on your dying party.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon member, I am switching off your mic. That’s a point of debate. Can we allow this debate to flow, hon members? Let’s respect the debate.

Thank you very much. Continue hon member.

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: The rights of our women continue to be violated, including in this very Parliament. There is this perception or understanding amongst men that if I am the boss or superior, then you are entitled to something, that women must adhere to whatever you are saying. It is a problem even in this Parliament that we are sitting in at the moment. There is no doubt about that. What do we do? We rather grandstand than dealing with the challenges that these women experienced.

Take the issue of maintenance, the EFF is not so responsible. They don’t pay maintenance properly. [Applause.] The fact of the

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matter is: with all the mechanism that we got in place, women’s and children’s rights are being violated because maintenance is not being paid.

I can give you a good example, if you are self employed, the victims run after those fathers because they refuse to pay maintenance even though the law is in place. They are not getting adequate maintenance for their children.

Too much of democracy has been counterproductive leading to men who haven’t given up or break up or divorce holding their former spouses and girlfriends to a life of hell at the expense of the children. There, you have unscrupulous legal team that go and support them.

My very President has been intimidated by members in my own party that want power and control because she is a woman. They won’t respect her. So, I think violence against women and children continues on a daily basis and yet you give it 16 days

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portrays a message that women are not actually equal to men but need a quota system.

We need 365 days of activism. We also fail because of a culture which is perpetuated by leaders in the governing party where women are portrayed as only objects and not as equals. Address those within your inner circle that treat women as objects and then we can talk about activism against violence against women and children. We need a better system to address this. We need an actual justice system that cares about the victims and that are not only there to serve their own purpose. I thank you.

Ms B S MASANGO: Chairperson, women and children are subjected to unprecedented levels of abuse and the statistics on this scourge are alarming. My oversight visits to a number of SA Social Security Agency, Sassa, local offices, among other key challenges, women especially, told sad stories of how their plight has been ignored by government. One of many such stories is that of a lady I met in Meyerton in Gauteng.

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For the last four months, she has been shunted from pillar to post with regards to child support grant for her four children. She has been to Sassa offices, sent to a bank, then to the post office but to no avail. This is while her children depend entirely on a school feeding scheme and kind neighbours. This woman is one of many in her area that go through the same experiences under the watch of a government that claims to care for its people.

Another story comes from northern rural KwaZulu-Natal, that of a mother whose three children's grants were stopped in March this year. No number of trips to a local, but far, Sasssa local office has resolved her problem. Both her and the lady in Meyerton had one thing in common.

The disdain with which they were treated was unbelievable. Firstly, on further probing, you understood why the understaffing is high and at times employees are overworked and take their frustrations on the poor and vulnerable. What then is the real problem here? It is lack of leadership by Sassa and the

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lack of political will to care for the poor and vulnerable in our society. The denial of state support for those who deserve it is one of the worse violations of their constitutional rights

This is just one form of abuse that women and their children go through on a daily basis. The recently published South African Child Gauge highlights, among other things, the abuse women experience when trying to get child maintenance for their children. It summarises the abuse as follows: Given that it is mostly mothers or and female relatives who care for children when parents separate, they tend to bear the burden of securing maintenance payments for themselves and their children.

This would never happen under a DA-led government. With our principle of fairness, we would ensure that we don’t subject the sector of society already referred to as poor and vulnerable to further abuse by treating them with disdain as the ANC government is doing. You just have to take a look at a report after report on the performance of where we govern and you will know exactly what I am talking about. Thank you. [Applause.]

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The DEPUTY MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Mr J H Jeffery):

Chairperson and hon members, patriarchal practices have characterized all cultures in our society. Under colonialism and apartheid the majority of women in South Africa faced the triple oppression of gender, class and race. Women and children are still a vulnerable group in society today with their rights often violated through domestic violence, trafficking, child pornography and labour exploitation.

We must also not underestimate the existence of intergenerational trauma where multiple generations transmit the damage of trauma over a number of years. Our past has left us as a deeply traumatised society. Gender-based violence also perpetuates gender inequality. Patriarchy, like other forms of discrimination, must be dismantled. The experience of other societies has shown that gender equality is not a by-product of a struggle for democracy or national liberation. It has to be addressed in its own right. Perhaps most shockingly, crimes against women and children are often perpetrated by persons

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known to them. Earlier this month, in the Cape High Court, in the same week, convictions were handed down in the murders of Susan Rohde, Hannah Cornelius and the three-year old Courtney Pieters. They were murdered by people known to them.

Government has responded to and continues to respond to this scourge of violence with a number of priority interventions. In addition to passing legislation preventing and prohibiting domestic violence, sexual offences, harassment as well as trafficking in persons. We also have various policies and programmes to support victims and to prevent secondary traumatisation. Since August 2013, we have been progressively establishing new Sexual Offences Courts every year. Sexual Offences Courts at a regional court level offer a number of victim support services which include amongst others, court preparation services and intermediary services who convey questions and statements received from court to the victim in a sensitive and age appropriate manner. They currently appear in cases involving child witnesses and witnesses with mental disabilities.

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In addition, we make use of in camera testifying services for children, persons with mental disabilities and all traumatised victims irrespective of age. These witnesses testify at the private testifying room and out of the physical presence of the accused and other people via a closed circuit television, CCTV, camera. These services are primarily available in Sexual Offences Courts but we are now in the process of extending them to other victims of gender-based violence where possible. Last Saturday, Minister Masutha launched the Botshabelo Sexual Offences Court which was also in response to the Declaration of the Gender-Based Violence Summit, held earlier this month which requires the continued roll-out of Thuthuzela Care Centres or TCCs as we call them, Sexual Offences Courts and shelters for gender-based violence victims with an adequate budget allocation. The Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Units of the National Prosecuting Authority established 55 TCCs in support of victims. The Thuthuzela Care Centres are attached to hospitals or clinics where a survivor can go to for medical attention and have evidence collected at the same time.

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The regulations on the minimum requirements for sexual offences courts are close to being finalised after having been extensively work shopped with stakeholders. The final draft regulations will be submitted to the chief justice for concurrences required by the Act. Domestic violence doesn’t just mean only physical or sexual abuse but it includes emotional, verbal, psychological and economic abuse, intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property or any other controlling or abusive behaviour towards a complainant where such conduct harms or may cause imminent harm to the safety, health or wellbeing of the complainant. Of the over 209 O00 reported abuse cases, emotional, verbal and psychological abuse were the most prevalent forms of domestic violence contributing half of the overall number of cases received. One of the demands raised during the recent gender summit was the proposed introduction of an automated national registry for protection orders to track down all persons whom the protection orders were granted against and to understand the magnitude of domestic violence in the country. We are currently engaged with civil society on this issue.

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media. When someone talks about abuse be supportive and encourage them to go to a police station to open a case or to call the gender-based violence command call centre on 0800428428. Another area where the community can play a role is in the granting of bail. A magistrate is supposed to consider a number of factors before deciding whether an accused should be let out on bail and at what amount. Among the factors they are supposed to consider is the severity of the crime, the threat that the accused poses to the victim and other witnesses and the accused’s flight risk. If members of the community are aware of information that could affect the granting of bail, they should contact the investigating officer as relevant information can influence whether or not the accused will be let out on bail.

Finally, when people do decide to testify in court, let us be supportive. Many members of the public followed the case of the rape trial of Nigerian pastor, Timothy Omotoso, and his two co- accused. Many of us saw the first witness, Cheryl Zondi, and were outraged at the tone and content of the cross-examination that was directed at her. Whilst legal practitioners should act

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in their client’s best interests and have the right to cross- examination, there is an obligation to protect witnesses from inappropriately harsh and or irrelevant lines of questioning, all the more so when such witnesses are sexual violence survivors.

In this regard, we are proposing that we consider changing the law so as to allow for the testimony and cross-examination of adult witnesses in sexual offence cases to also be via an intermediary, so as to reduce further unnecessary trauma. Hon members, violence against women and children are violence against all humanity. It must be stopped. To the victims of violence I want to reiterate the words of President Ramaphosa at the gender summit: “We hear you and we will not fail you.” Thank you. [Applause.]

Mrs C DUDLEY: Chair, to appreciate the prevalence of violence against women and children in South Africa, we need statistics to move from numbers to people. South Africa’s statistics shows that three women die at the hands of their partners every day in

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this country, and nearly half of women across South Africa are subjected to violence by an intimate partner.

In the morning, the husband has left to go to work. Only then you will see some neighbours going to find out what happened. It will just become neighbourhood gossip. Black-eyed, with her doek on her head to cover her bruises, embarrassment on her face ...

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon member, your time has expired.

Ms D CARTER: This will continue until one day it is actually a funeral. It has to stop. We have to start speaking out about this. We need to stand together in this country as men and women. Thank you, Chair.

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Ms T STANDER: Chairperson, blame must be apportioned to the ANC- led government for violence against women and children. Just two months ago, Minister Bathabile Dlamini and President Ramaphosa admitted that the ANC has failed women. The ANC has been so obsessed with the politics of position that it has abandoned the politics of the people. [Interjections.]

Today, almost 100 newborn babies will die. Today, about

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Alright, I didn’t hear that part, but the withdrawal I heard. Thank you. I will check that. [Interjections.] Continue, hon Stander.

Ms T STANDER: Yesterday, the ANC benches were full to push through bad legislation and budgets that are not worth the paper they are written on, yet these important Bills that could change people’s lives on the ground have been outstanding, and then you just want to, at the last minute, push through selected pieces of legislation that are not going to actually help the people. [Interjections.]

Whilst the Prohibition of Forced Marriages and Child Marriages Bill is not in place, as of 2016, 90 000 girls between the ages

12 and 17 are married, many of them to men a lot older than them. So, if we are to hear and heed the #HearMeToo call, then raise your voice in the only way the ANC understands.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Thank you very much. Your time has now expired.

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Ms T STANDER: No! No, Minister Zulu had 20 extra seconds! [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon member, your time has expired. I am going to switch off your microphone. [Interjections.] Hon Stander, please leave the podium. Your time has expired. Please! [Interjections.] [Applause.]

Setswana:

Moh N P KHUNOU: Modulasetulo, maloko a Ntlo e tlhomphegang, re fitlhile mo nakong eo tlhokofatso ya basadi le bana e ileng magoletsa. Re simolotse go lwantsha tlholego ya Modimo ka go bopiwa ga mosadi le monna mo lefatsheng, ba bopilwe gore ba nne mmogo ba ratane. Modimo o dirile mosadi gonne a nne le pelo ya lerato, ya tlhokomelo, ya boutlwelobotlhoko le ya bogatlhamela masisi.

English:

She is indeed a co-creator with God.

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Setswana:

Ka IsiXhosa bare mosadi ke nkosikazi, e raya gore mosadi ke kgosigadi. O ikutlwa yang ntate fao tsholetsa letsogo o lwantsha mosadi wa gago o mothulantsha mabota. A e gofa boitumelo ba gore ke mo phatlotse tlhogo. A o robala sentle bosigo fa o mo bolaile? Gore o itire phologolo e fetang phokojwe ka gonne phokojwe fa e bona batho e bona dijo tsa yona. Jaanong wena yo o bolayang ngwana, yoo bolayang mosadi, o itirile phologolo.

Malome ga o bona lesea le tshega le wena, a itumela gore ke tshwere ke wa losika, wena o bona mosadi o o ka morobalang? E kare nkabe ke le ngaka ya tlhaloganyo gore ke kgone go bona gore go diragalaeng mo bobokong jwa batho bao.

English:

16 Days of Activism 2018 happens after the first ever Presidential Gender Based Violence Summit and femicide. This is the first ever gathering in the world that a President convened this kind of a summit. This means that gender-based violence has escalated. The summit was primarily an outcome of the mobilization efforts by women living in South Africa, social

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movements and civil society. We appreciate and acknowledge the #Total Shutdown Movement which was an umbrella body that organized the march.

So as the country we have to build on that, and ensure that each and every government department implements the resolution on the outcomes of the summit. 16 Days of Activism 2018 must ensure that each department takes out issues from the declaration and commit itself to that. Government must put resources both human and financial to ensure what the country started will lead to zero tolerance, zero deaths and zero abuse. Hon Stander, this is when we are working together to eradicate violence on the ground.

As government we must work together with civil society and properly support the NGOs’ that are on the ground, doing the work. They should be given the necessary resources and be closely monitored, at the Deputy Minister have said. There shouldn’t be any competition or any political grandstanding if we want to make a difference, rather complement each other to

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end this violence. Coming here and blaming the ANC for violence against women and sexual abuse and rape is a really cheap politicking. Our country is burning and instead of us looking at the root cause of the problems and say that we are solving them, we come here and blame each other. It is not going to help us at all.

In South Africa we should not only be seen only from the 25 to the 10 December as both hon members of the ANC have said, it should be a programme for the whole year. We want to see departments and civil society coming together to give a feedback. Next year we need to be talking about that feedback. On the 10th of December when we close Parliament, we should be saying; this is what we have achieved in fighting the scourge of violence in this country.

As part of the declarations of the Presidential Summit, we as The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus support the establishment of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence resourced both human and financial. We support a National Strategic Plan on Gender-

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Based Violence, GBV ... that one ... [Laughter.] ... to be developed as soon as possible. And ensure that all the laws and policies are implemented and are effective. Promote women cantered economic development.

A targeted, social behaviour change program to address values and norms and structural drivers of Gender-Based Violence is developed and implemented. This should be targeted at all sectors including individuals and families, communities, civil servants, religious and traditional leaders, private sector and media and others that are strategically placed to influence attitudes, behaviours and practices. The issue of patriarchal practices which is institutionalised and entrenched within family, cultural and family traditions; we all have moral responsibility to ensure that we dismantle it.

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The MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Hon Chairperson,

Siswati:

Ngekutitfoba ngoba nguwe lolapho manje, mine nawe siyevana nalabo labakhuluma Siswati ekhaya seyevama.

Setswana:

Ka boikokobetso, ke kopa gore ...

English:

... as we leave this house all us, as individual members we must really go into our consciences and begging to realise ...

Setswana:

... gore ngangisano ya gompieno e ne e sa ya go polotika, e ne e se ya go kgatlhisa batho, e ne e se ya go bontsha gore mang o montle kgotsa o maswe, e ne e le ngangisano ya gore ...

English:

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... we must feel the pain and the suffering of the women that we were talking about.

Setswana:

E ne e le ngangisano ya gore rona ...

English

... as South Africans and Parliamentarians in particular ...

Setswana:

... re tshwanetse gore ...

in our homes, in our community in everywhere, where we go...

Setswana:

... moo re bonang gore kgang ya ...

English

...abuse against women and children is something that we need to talk about in the fore front.

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Setswana:

Selo sengwe seo ke batlang go le bolelela sone ke gore go na le batho ba ba tlang go bua thata fano ba lebetse gore pele ga ngwaga wa 1994 go ne go na le mosadi a le nosi fela mo Palamenteng yo neng a fiwa tlotlo e e fiwang basadi gompieno.

{Legofi.]

Ke batla gore ba ba ratang go polotika, fa ba tswa mo Ntlong eno e e tlotlegang, ba bogele thelebishene gore ba kgone go bona le go utlwa ...

English

...some of the things that were said by the women during the conference. Where others were feeling that these women have gone to far, by expressing certain things. The bottom line is that those women had to go there and do what had to do because they wanted to be listened to. So as we leave this House today, let us also go and relook into something that causes a lot of pain in my heart when I was looking at the TV the other day, and saw that the question which was being asked was not the right

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question. You can’t ask the question whether 16 days of activism is right thing or the wrong thing. You need to ask the question, why are we here? What needs to be done? How can we relief and release this pain.

I watched Josina Machel when she was explaining that she is part and parcel of the women’s movement and she was even before, but because she was a daughter of a president and because she thought she had education in and whole lot of things, that would not happen to her and yet it happened to her, so I would like us Members to go back to what I said from the very beginning...

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stuck in what seemed to be an unbreakable cycle of corruption, greed, theft, mismanagement, maladministration, and terror. So great was the monster that is state capture that, at times, it seemed that this monster and the parasites that were feeding off it would never be captured, never mind destroyed.

The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises soon realised that we had become the country’s first line of defence. We were on the people’s watch, and it was our duty to guard and protect the country from the monster. We had a rocky start. Never before had Parliament embarked on such an ambitious task. We required legal opinions that what we were attempting to do and accomplish was lawful so that when certain individuals tried to stop us – and believe you me, they tried! – we would be armed with everything that we needed. We soon realised that we had a very powerful weapon on our side. We had the South African Constitution, which allowed for us to do our jobs. We were protected, and that was all that was needed.

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It is that flame that burns inside us that tells us no matter how hard they will try to divide us, we will always remain united. It is that flame inside of us that reminds us of the Preamble to our beautiful Constitution that says:

We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our past;

Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land;

Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and

Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity.

Today, I say to the people of South Africa, being elected as a Member of Parliament is the greatest honour of my life. This report is not only a victory for Parliament. This is a victory for all the people of South Africa. To my colleagues on the committee, I salute you all. I am proud to stand beside you, and

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I must tell you that the pleasure has been all mine in working with each and every one of you.

Today is indeed a very good day to be South African. [Applause.]

Mr T RAWULA: Hon Chairperson, the renowned Nigerian Author, Chinua Achebe, once explained that one of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. We have over the past 10 years been at pains as a nation. We have had the very foundation of our society shaken to the core and this was not because there has been agitating to redefine power and the structure or society, no. Our nation has been shaken has been shaken because of institutionalised and embedded corruption, cronyism and unscrupulous and brazen theft of public resources for the benefit of the select few.

Eskom is the biggest symptom of this tragic abortion of the deepest hope of a nation fresh from violence and turmoil. The report of the committee illustrates with horrifying clarity how Eskom and those entrusted with authority at Eskom had used that

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authority and trust to stage a silent coup and a heist and handed over authority and public funds to a consensus clique of people intent on milking our state for all its wealth.

It details how people at the helm of which one was Mr Jacob Zuma represented by his acolytes lied when presenting evidence at the committee hearings in order to white their complicity in the hallowing out of Eskom. They used legitimate calls for transforming Eskom into a vehicle for looting for the benefit of just one family the Guptas.

The report list a number of people who must be criminally charged among whom are former board chairpersons, Ben Ngubane, Zola Tsotsi and Zethembe Khoza as well as Brian Molefe, Matshela Koko and Anoj Singh. We asked that these people must be taken to court as a matter of urgency to make an example of them and those who’s favourite past time is stealing public money.

We can no longer continue as normal; we need to take extraordinary action to restore integrity and ethics in the

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management of public institutions. We asked the law-enforcement agencies to focus on those external factors and actors who facilitated the hollowing out of Eskom. The Gupta family, Duduzane Zuma, Dudu Myeni and Jacob Zuma must be prosecuted as a matter of urgency.

Chairperson, in fact it was Dudu Myeni in the house of Jacob Zuma who summoned the former Chairperson of Eskom Zola Tsotsi, to come and gave him instructions that he must fire the three directors of Eskom as a matter of urgency. In fact it was Tony Gupta who told Zola Tsotsi that “Chief you are assisting, you must start assisting, and otherwise the President is not going to be happy with you.” We have heard that in the commission. We cannot wait for the conclusion of the Zondo Commission to start prosecuting people who have been made ... [Inaudible.] ... out of our nation.

If President Ramaphosa is serious about cleaning out our country, he must not be happy with the fact that Malusi Gigaba

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and Lynne Brown are no longer Ministers. The long arm of the law must find them and drag them back to where they belong in jail.

We as well express our gratitude to Adv Vanara who led evidence with impeccable ability and integrity. Some how we believe there is hope through the likes of Adv Vanara. In the midst of all the negativity in our nation, a bright star like him shines to remind us of what we are capable of. Adv Vanara is one of those bright stars. This report is the opportunity for this House to unite against corruption. [Time expired.] [Applause.]

IsiZulu:

Mnu M HLENGWA: Mhlonishwa Sihlalo, ukuba ngisenkonzweni bengizohlabelela umhlabelelo othi, Masimbonge onomusa kangaka. Ngoba ngempela yinhle into eyenzeka eNingizimu Afrika namhlanje.

English:

I rise on behalf of the hon Singh who was a member of this committee and an enquiry who was one of the first people to call for it and we just want on behalf of the IFP at the outset to

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thank the hon Chairperson, Rantho and her colleagues in that committee who against all odds and against personal threads rose to the occasion and she in particular ably steered this ship to what is today a credible report. To her we say well done hon member. [Applause.]

To Adv Vanara, the IFP say well done, good, faithfull and patriotic South African, you have done the nation proud.

This inquiry reminds all of us of the duty of serve and leadership and the burden of parliamentary responsibility. That at most material time we will be called upon to rise above the divides of politics and put South Africa first. In the midst of the chaos of the Fifth Parliament this enquiry has been one of those initiatives that has given us hope that says that Parliament can and does function.

Clearly the Guptas had their hand in every single pie and their lieutenants in the form of Dudu Myeni, Duduzane Zuma, Koko and Ngubane to name just a few, almost brought Eskom to its knees.

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Of course we are glad that we now have been able to undergo this process of this inquiry to hopefully prevent that.

Eskom remains one of the greatest single threats to our democracy and our stability if we do not get things right. Therefore, may this report now form part of the new journey for a new Eskom so that this country does not collapse. We hope that the recommendations of the committee contained there in will be realised to the fullest potential so that we may be able to bring about justice, restore good and effective governance at Eskom and ensure that the majority of our people who are previously disadvantaged and presently disadvantaged access electricity which as far as we are concerned in 2018 is a human right.

We hope that the Zondo Commission against all the odds and the public humiliation, it has been subjected to from some quarters, will embrace this report, process it and ensure that whatever is contained therein is actually seen through.

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Finally, hon House Chairperson, may the work of this committee remind all of us in Parliament that portfolio committees are not an extension of the executive and that portfolio committees will do their work so that we do not ever find ourselves in a situation where we have to deal what went wrong, let us rather prevent it. Prevention is better than cure. Thank you, hon Chairperson. [Applause.] [Time expired.]

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: Hon House Chair, at the very outset, allow me to congratulate and commend the Chairperson together with all members of this committee that despite the intimidation and the court challenges you have made us proud. Indeed if what we see in terms of your response to what has been happening at Eskom can be taken to all departments and all parts of the country.

You know what is very important, hon House Chair, we heard members speak here with lot of passion, hope, courage and lots of good things were said. Equally what I would like to see, because I am personally of the view that even the Limpopo province is captured. So, I would like us to equally even if it

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is our own organisations, our own political parties and our leaders that are corrupt then we too must take a stand against them. If we can all do that united, no one would be able to steal from the poorest of the poor in South Africa. [Applause.]

We cannot be divided when people are stealing the monies of the poorest of the poor. Billions and hundreds of billions of rand are being lost. What does that clearly tell us? There has to be a weakness in the system. It is either policy, legislation, but there has to be a weakness in the system if individuals from the private sector in collusion with political parties or leaders are able to do what they have done, to the extend that they have done.

What does it also tell us that giving too much power to any individual will destroy an entire nation? That is what has happened in South Africa. So, what does it tell us? We need to close the gaps and I am glad many of the Ministers are here. We need to look at the challenges that we faced how the state was

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looted and what we now need to do to close those gaps so it can never happen in South Africa ever again.

Do we have the will to do that? I think we do. We do have the will. However, I think what is important ... [Interjections.] Well, I am hoping and talking for everybody here that might have the will to want to be acting in the best interest of all South Africans. [Applause.] I think the time has come to put our differences aside and I am not saying we can grandstand and we can do what we want to do. However, let us put our differences aside. When it comes to ensuring that we protect the fiscus and protect ever cent of the state against looting and corruption.

And I want to tell you there is plenty more to come! I want to see how some of our colleagues will respond to it. We need to deal with it and deal with it properly. Thank you. [Applause.] [Time expired.]

Mr N L S KWANKWA: He he he! This is a good story to tell. Woodrow Wilson once said, on 9 June 1907,

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We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves.

This was last year. In 2018 we are saying this committee played an important part in ensuring that as a country we find ourselves and ensure that the monies of the taxpayers are used for the benefit of the public and not for the select few.

I want to say again, trying to commend the good work that is being done by this committee and Parliament by extension, by quoting one of the speakers who talked about integrity. He says: “Integrity commits itself to character over personal gain, to people over things, to service over power, to principle over convenience, to the long view over the immediate”. It is exactly

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what this committee did when it was trying to investigate this matter to ensure that those who were looting state resources and those who engaged in state capture are brought to book.

We are particularly happy as the UDM to see the likes of Dudu Myeni and Duduzane Zuma who thought they could get away with undermining Parliament. There is a clear recommendation for the Speaker to institute action against these because we cannot allow people to continue to undermine the authority of Parliament because in future when we want to subpoena people to appear before committees – which is in line with our Constitution – people can just decide to ignore us.

What is also important and what we find pleasing as the UDM is the recommendation that says that this report must then be referred to the commission that is currently under way, the Judge Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture because this is very critical, in our view, in ensuring that we do not deal with state capture in a piecemeal fashion.

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So, I hope we can get President Zuma to come back here and say “He he he! This is a good story to tell” because this one is a real good story to tell and he is one of those people who are going to be thrown under the bus for facilitating the looting of state resources and state capture.

IsiXhosa:

La masela.

Mr W W WESSELS: House Chair, good can triumph over evil. The hon Rantho is correct, corruption is evil. The hon Rantho and her committee members should be commended for their unbiased and persistence to, amidst immense pressure, excel with inquiry.

There is hope. The whistle blowers who shed light on this severe corruption is proof thereof.

South Africa is currently suffering loadshedding as a direct result of the looting uncovered in this inquiry. What created an environment where this was allowed to happen? A lack of accountability, a lack of transparency and a lack of adherence

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to laws and regulations such as with the Financial Markets Authority, FMA, a lack of oversight and a lack of those who appoint the boards and the CEOs of our state-owned enterprises to actually appoint people who are there to do their job, who are appointed on merit and who can do the job.

We should prevent this from happening in future. Consequences for those who are found guilty must be there. It is worrying that the National Prosecuting Authority yesterday withdrew the case against those involved in the Vrede Dairy Project corruption. We should avoid that this happens to Brian Molefe and his cronies.

There should be consequences for those who have stolen from Eskom, which provides such an important service and role in our economy. We cannot afford that this ever happens again.

Consequences should follow this good report and this good inquiry - there should be consequences.

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The fascistic conduct of certain political parties that were always with us in this noble patriotic fight against corruption is truly shocking, to say the least. None of the members of our society must feel secure in the comfort that these proto- fascists have not yet targeted them.

Joseph Goebbels, Adolph Hitler’s own Nazi propagandist said, and I quote,

We do not want to be a movement of a few straw brains, but rather a movement that can conquer the broad masses.

Propaganda should be popular, not intellectually pleasing. It is not the task of propaganda to discover intellectual truths.

The words of the poem written by Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemoller ring true whenever fascism, that has lay waste all the progress of humanity, rears its ugly head. Niemoller wrote a warning to generations:

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First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out

— because I was not a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.

We could put these words in our context and say: First they came for Pravin Gordhan, calling him an Indian, and I did not speak out — because I was not of Indian descent.

As the ANC, we want to tell everybody that Pravin Gordhan is one of us. Unlike some of these peacetime heroes, Pravin’s credentials are known in the struggle for the liberation of this country. Honourable Chairperson, The ANC fully supports this report and all the good work people of conscience are doing at the Zondo commission. We condemn the proto-fascist tendency dressed in red, the colour of the revolutionary working class

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movement that seeks to redefine us that we are no longer just South Africans, but we are blacks, whites, Indians and coloureds. As the ANC of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu we will not bow down to narrow ethnic chauvinism. Thank you! [Applause.]

Mr N S MATIASE: House Chair?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): What is your point of order?

There is no point of raising a point of order because you allowed him to leave the podium.

Can you take your seat hon member? Hon Carter.

Ms D CARTER: House Chair, the COPE welcomes this report and supports its recommendations. We salute the committee. We welcome the co-operative manner, across party lines, with which

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it tackled this mammoth task and arrived at findings and recommendations supported by all.

We express our sincere appreciation to the members of the committee and to the fearless and brave leadership of its Chairperson, Comrade Rantho, who had to contend with a fight back from within her own party. But Chair, with respect, as COPE has been at pains to point out this is not rocket science.

As a collective, we have been elected to represent the people and to ensure government by the people under the Constitution. Each one of us swore or affirmed to be faithful to our country and to obey, respect and uphold the Constitution. What the committee has done is no more than what the Constitution expects of us and let this committee be an example to all others. It's about ethical conduct, putting the interests of our country and the well-being of our people first, before those of our own and those of our parties.

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The sad, stark reality is that, had the majority party, in particular, respected and upheld the Constitution; had it been prepared to hold the executive to account; and had it put the interests of the country and our people before narrow, corrupted and captured interests, then the capture, corruption and destruction of Eskom which was once internationally renowned would not have happened.

We would not be fighting to recapture our captured state or facing a fight back within the ruling party and in government itself. We would not be faced with our greatest post-apartheid crisis that threatens to sink us and our prospects forever.

Yesterday, Eskom released its six months financials. It revealed a broken utility that is now financially unsustainable. It is forced to borrow to meet operational expenditure; that faces greater than anticipated losses moving forward; that is experiencing reduced generation performance that will not be able to trade its way out of its predicament; that its own words

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and I quote: “cannot resolve the financial and sustainability challenges that it faces alone.”

Eskom is in a death spiral. It may still sink us financially as a nation. What was allowed to happen at Eskom and to our state is unconscionable and there must be consequences.

Now, I have to agree with hon Luyenge, corruption is treasonous. It was this treasonous act that was defended in this very same House eight times in a vote of no confidence. [Interjections.]

Ultimately, the greatest accountability and consequence management tool in a democracy lies with the people and that’s their vote. I thank you.

Mr S N SWART: House Chair, this is indeed a good day for South Africa, the beginning of victory over state capture and corruption. This oversight inquiry has undoubtedly been one of the ... if not the highlight of my almost 20 years in Parliament representing the ACDP. It is therefore with great pride that we

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as parliamentarians united across political lines known as Team SA present this report to the House.

By shedding light on the modus operandi of a network of implicated individuals with political protection right at the top, we were able to connect the dots.

We have undoubtedly set a precedent for future oversight inquiries. The award of lead South Africa of “change makers for the year 2018” is well deserved, but not only to the MPs involved, but to every staff member, Adv Vanara, journalists, members of society, the academics, Prof Eberhard of University of Cape Town’s, UCT, Graduate School of Business, who, prepared booklets and assistance for us, everyone and all South Africans that were riveted in watching this form part of change makers of the year, 2018.

Lets us be mindful of the intimidation, the death threats and the attempts to bribery, and had we not been resolute and

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English:

Some of the contemporary challenges facing Eskom include the matters in Eskom’s interim financial results, as announced yesterday, such as the loss of more than R11,2 billion, high and unsustainable debt levels, and challenges in the electricity generation division.

However, Eskom announced some good news yesterday that its revenue is up 3%, to R98,1 billion; the company has secured 73% of funding requirements for 2018-19, and that 22% of funding for 2019-20 has also been secured; Eskom has recovered irregular expenditure of approximately R1 billion; the international bond issue oversubscribed despite tough operating conditions; and Fitch ratings lifted Eskom’s negative ratings watch.

However, in spite of the evidence of some progress, and while we appreciate that steps are being taken by the board and management, to achieve a sustainable turnaround of Eskom, the company’s operational and financial performance has continued to deteriorate in the six months to the end of September 2018, with

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the situation expected to worsen before it improves by 2023. This is grim news for our economy, particularly for the working people of our country and the poor.

But I want to make a case today, that as South Africans, we have no choice but to support the new board of Eskom in its efforts to rebuild the company, as a publicly-owned power utility. We must not confuse our party-political agendas with what is best for our country. We have heard some mumblings from the neoliberal school of thought that Eskom must be privatised.

This is not surprising to us because neoliberals believe that the public sector has a marginal role to play in economic growth and development. They argue that the state is sluggish, inefficient and it must just stick to the basics of building infrastructure, providing education and health services for the poor, and lowering the cost of doing business for business.

According to them, the state must leave the economy to the efficient hand of the market.

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Scientific evidence, however, proves that this is merely dogma, not supported by facts. A quick look at the historical roots of all the pioneering technologies of the past century points to decisive leadership by the state, not the private sector. In the developed countries in North America and Europe, for instance, state-owned companies and public investments have led the innovation, research and development that have facilitated the establishment of most of the well-known global brands, including Apple, Renault, Microsoft, GPS and many others.

We know that Eskom is facing severe challenges, both operationally and financially. The CEO reported yesterday that the company is reliant on debt as a result of low tariffs, limited growth in sales, increased costs, and the rising capital investment programme. In addition to this, the company is facing reduced generation performance, low coal stockpiles, and increases in municipal debt.

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I want to ask you to think for one moment, if we had not conducted the oversight inquiry, led by the African National Congress, what would the state of Eskom be right now?

The impact of our enhanced oversight is there for all to see, in particular the most recent achievements such as the clean-up and stabilising measures that the Eskom board and management are embarking on. Some may argue that it is too little too late, but those of us from the ANC would argue differently. We believe that it is never too late to right the wrongs of the past. What is critical is to acknowledge them honestly and move forward.

That is exactly what we are doing.

Clearly, the inquiry paints an ugly picture of how Eskom was consciously taken apart, piece by piece, until all we have left is the giant power utility almost on its last legs. However, with the steady hand of Minister Gordhan at the helm of Public Enterprises, we believe the days of capture and repurposing our SOCs are over. We must remain vigilant and sharpen our tools of regulation and oversight.

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the systematic erosion of rules that govern the entity’s procurement, and allowed for massive unauthorised, improper or irregular expenditure.

Afrikaans:

Die Minister van Openbare Ondernemings verteenwoordig die staat as die enkelaandeelhouer en daarom word absolute integriteit en verantwoordelike besluitneming van sodanige Minister verwag. Die vraag is: Het voormalige Minister Malusi Gigaba and Lynne Brown korrek opgetree? Die antwoord is nee.

Dit is baie duidelik dat daar oortredings van die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur asook ander regulasies en interne prosesse was. Dit is baie duidelik dat daar ’n baie nouer verhouding tussen openbare ondernemings en die Departement van Openbare Ondernemings moet wees. Sterker oorsig en kontrole moet voortaan deur die Portefeulje Komitee oor Openbare Ondernemings gedoen word.

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Despite the long hours, it was a pleasure to serve as a member of this inquiry committee, to the benefit of Parliament and the people of South Africa. I want to end with two lines: Corruption is the name, but procurement is the game. The Democratic Alliance supports and accepts this report. Thank you. [Applause.]

The MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: Chairperson and hon members, from March ...

Mr T RAWULA: Chairperson, order.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Hon Minister, will you just take a seat please? Why are you rising, hon member?

An HON MEMBER: Here we go.

Mr T RAWULA: Chair, without disturbing the House we want to submit here that we are not going to listen to a greatest

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enabler of state capture. [Interjections.] We are going to leave the House until he finishes speaking. [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Hon member, that’s not a point of order.

Mr T RAWULA: Pravin Gordhan remains the greatest enabler of state capture and therefore we cannot stay here and listen to him. [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Please take your seat. I’m switching off your microphone now.

Mr T RAWULA: We’ll wait outside. We are coming back. [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): I said I will switch your microphone off. Please take your seat. Please take your seat, hon member.

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Mr T RAWULA: We’ll never listen to you. You are a greatest enabler of state capture. [Interjections.] You are debating state capture under your own reign. [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Where is the Serjeant– at-arms?

Mr T RAWULA: When you were the Finance Minister ... [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Where is the Serjeant– at-arms?

Mr T RAWULA: ... you were the one that enabled the greatest ... You are the greatest enabler of state capture. We are dealing with state capture ... [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Serjeant-at-arms, will you please escort the member out of the House?

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[Interjections.]

Order, hon members! Order! Hon Minister Gordhan, will you just take a seat. Let me take the point from the hon Minister of Higher Education and Training.

The MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING: Thank you,

Chairperson. I have raised the matter of those members and their breach of Rule 85. This is the third time in this House, and each time the presiding officers have not made them withdraw the aspersions they’ve cast on Minister Gordhan.

When those members come back, could that member be made to withdraw what he said because it directly breaches Rule 85? [Applause.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Hon Minister, we will attend to the matter. That’s why I immediately switched off the member’s microphone to avoid ... because it was quite clear that

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he was not willing to listen to anything. Why are you rising, hon member? [Interjections.]

Dr M J FIGG: On a point of order. It happened the last time and it’s happened again now. When the members leave, they use abusive and vulgar language. They do it every time. They’ve done it again, Chairperson.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Yes, hon member. Will you identify those members and put it in writing to us please? Minister Gordhan, you may continue.

The MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: Thank you, Chairperson. [Applause.] As they say, the truth is hard to bear; but none the less, the truth will succeed eventually.

Hon Chairperson, hon members and my colleagues in Cabinet, from March this year, this government has been on a campaign to recapture and stabilise state-owned enterprises, SOEs, and to ensure that as much of the corruption as possible is exposed and

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is dealt with in a very effective way. However, more importantly is that these SOEs are set on a sustainable path.

It’s been a privilege to wear two hats when I speak here; first as a member of the portfolio committee during this period and now as the executive responsible for some of the SOEs. So it’s been a privilege to work with the multiparty team led by the chair of the committee, hon Gcabashe, and the brave hon Rantho who took a lot of ... [Applause.] ... strain but who held firm in the face of that strain.

We have raised the role of parliamentary committees and created a pioneering effort to ensure that we can actually diligently examine the facts at hand, get the witnesses before us — as unwilling as some of them might have been — and begin to sift the fact from the fiction and the lies that were actually told to us. We have used our collective resources to get to the bottom of corruption and capture, and there is much more to do in this regard with other entities as well. I will come back to that.

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Through the incisive questioning and interrogation of documents, you have produced this brilliant report which South Africa should be very grateful for. We are grateful for the effort that you have put in, but importantly, as all the speakers have mentioned, we succeeded, notwithstanding what you have just seen, to work as a team across party lines. We set our differences aside. We had a single goal. [Applause.]

All the members of this committee demonstrated a very special type of courage and integrity. Chairperson, Parliament’s leadership must also be thanked for supporting the committee, particularly your role in this particular regard in allowing the inquiry to actually happen; tabling and debating this report.

Thanks to the Chief Whip as well. In particular, I want to echo the remarks made about Adv Vanara and his diligence, his incisiveness and his hard work. [Applause.] Thanks are also due to the true patriots who came forward to this committee, courageous whistleblowers, academics and researchers who spent an inordinate amount of time without any money being paid to them. We received honest testimonies from many, many witnesses.

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Investigative journalists have played a tremendous role in the past, and if you look at News24 today, they’ve played a tremendous role again in exposing what’s going on in Johannesburg. The GuptaLeaks was of course a tremendous phenomenon that has thrown a whole lot of new light on what corruption means, and indeed, the shape of state capture in South Africa.

However, we must also say no thanks to those who lied, who hid their roles, who withheld information from the committee, and I’m afraid ex-Ministers who facilitated capture, board chairs and members who betrayed the country, managers who lied, stole and broke institutions, businesses that willingly — and many of you haven’t addressed this ... on the other side of government was business — took part in corruption and capture, and of course the new erstwhile defenders of corruption as well.

One of our colleagues talked about what capture means. However, there is also the politics of capture. Ultimately, as the academics have pointed out in the Betrayal of the Promise

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They account for — that is Transnet and Eskom — 36% and 34% of the total government SOE spend, and SA Airways, SAA, ranks at about seven per cent. So, it gives you some sense of proportion.

Total procurement spend available in these state-owned companies, SOCs, is the equivalent of a quarter of the total fiscal expenditure. If the total fiscal expenditure is a trillion rand, R250 billion is what we are talking about here.

The OECD says that: “infrastructure projects are notoriously vulnerable to corruption and fraud due to their size, complexity and investment value ... governments are required to navigate various sectors and industries” whilst ensuring that “resources are used effectively and that projects are implemented to the highest standards of quality.”

In our case as well, we still need to have a closer look at Medupi. How did it double the cost? How did it actually increase the amount of time it takes to construct that place? And there

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is still a lot more work that the Eskom board needs to do in that particular regard as well.

So I agree with many colleagues who said that corruption is the enemy of the people. This report is full of Optimum Coal, The New Age, the information technology, IT, systems, SAP, which is a global German-based company but it made all sorts of funny deals with SOEs in South Africa, as did T-Systems as well.

Eskom acknowledged that it borrows money, as it said yesterday, and relies on debt for liquidity. It has many problems that have arisen, particularly in relation to the purchase of coal. So today many power stations find themselves in a very precarious situation where they have fewer than 20 days supply of coal.

With the rainy season coming, it means that you are going to see a lot more load shedding, until and unless emergency arrangements are made. However, once you make emergency arrangements, you then pay a higher price for the coal itself.

So those are some of the challenges that we are actually dealing with.

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I want to take the liberty to also talk briefly about Transnet, because it was mentioned in one or other context. What we are learning about Transnet is that over a 12-year period,

R274 billion of capital investment took place but no volume growth took place. A total of R165 billion was invested but R42 billion of revenue shortfall was experienced in 2017-18, compared to the Market Demand Strategy. The loan book grew by

432% between 2007 and 2015, from 25 billion to 134 billion. I’ve got lots of other facts here, but to put it simply, Transnet is a special case where it was repurposed to ensure that most of the money it gets is put into capital investments and the stealing if you like and the corruption took place through trains and locomotives, whilst at the same time the Transnet management had nothing to renew or maintain the rail system on which locomotives are supposed to actually move.

I was with Transnet’s management a few days ago and asked them the question, what went wrong in the last seven years? They said there is a mismatch in capital investment and returns, and they lost the focus of operations. They’re only focusing on the

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investment side or were asked to actually do that. They lost operational skills. Unqualified people were appointed for different roles; the disempowerment of top management; and bloated overheads of the core and within business units. I can go on with this particular list that I have. In essence, Transnet was repurposed with the intention of ensuring that money can be extracted on the kind of scale where R36 billion of locomotives one day becomes R54 billion the next day.

Tequesta, which is a Gupta linked ... Salim Essa linked Hong Kong-based entity, got a R5 billion bonus or commission for doing absolutely nothing.

As I conclude, many colleagues addressed some of the issues that I have raised. Firstly, let me give the assurance that the President is looking at setting up a SOC council. This council will begin to co-ordinate the efforts of developing the shareholder Bill, further stabilise the SOEs, and continue to clean up and stabilise the entities that we have.

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Secondly, as the department we are putting all our documents together to hand them over to the Zondo commission. Some are missing but there is a whole effort going into that as well.

Let me conclude by reading this set of lines from the speech that President Mbeki made in 1996 from this podium:

I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the beautiful Cape ...

Today, as a country, we keep an audible silence about these ancestors of the generations that live, fearful to admit the horror of a former deed ...

I am formed of the migrants who left Europe to find a new home ...

In my veins courses the blood of the Malay slaves who came from the East. Their proud dignity informs my bearing, their culture a part of my essence ...

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I am the grandchild of the warrior men and women that Hintsa and Sekhukhune led, the patriots that Cetshwayo and Mphephu took to battle ...

I am the child of Nongqawuse. I am he who made it possible to trade in the world markets in diamonds, in gold, in the same food for which my stomachs yearns. I come of those who were transported from India and China, whose being resided in the fact, solely, that they were able to provide physical labour ...

Being part of all these people, and in the knowledge that none dare contest that assertion, I shall claim that — I am an African.

Thank you. [Applause.]

Debate concluded.

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Thank you, hon Minister. [Applause.] Thank you, hon members. I now recognise the Chief Whip of the Majority Party.

The CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY PARTY: Chair, I move that the report be adopted.

Motion agreed to.

Report accordingly adopted.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENTERPRISES ON OVERSIGHT VISIT TO ESKOM MEGAWATT PARK

Ms L A MNGANGA-GCABASHE: Hon Chairperson, the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises undertook the oversight visit to Eskom Megawatt Park on 1 February 2018. The main purpose of this visit was to formally meet and interact with the newly appointed board of Eskom, give support and develop a working relationship with the new board. Eskom experienced governance challenges.

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There were allegations of maladministration, corruption and undue influence from the Gupta family and their associates. The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises initiated an inquiry into corporate governance, procurement and financial sustainability of Eskom. Some of the members of the previous board and some executives of Eskom were implicated with many allegations levelled against them.

Government appointed a new board and a group chief executive officer to deal with the governance challenges and to stabilise Eskom financial performance and act against those who had been implicated in corruption allegations at Eskom. The committee took a resolution to visit the new board as part of a relationship building exercise. Hon ...

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr R T Frolick): Hon Mnganga-Gcabashe, will you take your seat, please. Hon Rawula, I have asked you to leave the Chamber. You are not welcome back, sir. [Interjections.]

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Mr N S MATIASE: House Chair ...

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr R T Frolick): I am busy here dealing with the hon member. Take your seat; I will come back to you.

Mr N S MATIASE: No, chief. Don’t intimidate us like that, man!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr R T Frolick): Serjeant-at-arms, will you see to it that the hon member is moved from the Chamber, please.

Mr N S MATIASE: You can’t intimidate us like that. We want an explanation. [Interjections.] You can’t intimidate us like that. We want an explanation.

Mr T RAWULA: Chair, you never asked me to leave the Chamber. [Interjections.] You have never asked me to leave the Chamber! [Interjections.]

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr R T Frolick): Hon Mnganga-Gcabashe, you may continue.

Ms L A MNGANGA-GCABASHE: House Chairperson, the board had taken action against all senior executives who had been accused of maladministration, corruption and contributing to governance lapses at Eskom. The board took a decision to suspend, initiate investigation and undertake internal disciplinary processes on all implicated senior executives. Subsequent to oversight visit at Eskom, the committee had learnt that some of the senior executive who were implicated in wrong doing have resigned from the state-owned company.

In its recent report to the committee, Eskom outlined that 11 implicated senior executive exited. The finalisation of outstanding disciplinary hearings relating to senior executives is being accelerated. There are 11 criminal cases have been opened, five of these involved nine senior executives. There is a total of 1 049 disciplinary cases that commenced since April 2018 of which 822 have been finalised, resulting in 97 employee

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exit. The committee commenced the Eskom board on its commitment to clean governance and for its action against corruption.

The committee oversight made the following recommendations to the Minister of Public Enterprises: One, to improve the image of the company and the communication strategy; two, to review all contracts and procurement processes; three, to submit a progress report on the Medupi and Kusile build programmes; four, to address the municipal debt issue with National Treasury and five, to ensure compliance with policies and regulations.

The committee is pleased to note that progress has been made in these areas and we are confident that the board and the executive management have committed themselves in addressing challenges faced by Eskom. The committee supports the report on the oversight visit by the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to Eskom Megawatt Park dated 30 May 2018. I check you ...I thank you, hon House Chair.

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The CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY: House Chair, I check you too, thank you. [Laughter.] We move that the report be adopted by this House. Thank you.

Motion agreed to.

Report accordingly adopted.

Declarations of vote:

Ms N W A MAZZONE: Hon Chairperson, I do not think that any member of the portfolio committee actually understood what would happen when we arrived at Megawatt Park. We knew that we would have staff that had gone through trauma that no company should go through. We knew that we would be faced with figures and facts that would scare us. However, Chair when push came to shove we realised that we had a new board that we all had faith in. We had a chief executive officer, CEO, Phakamani Hadebe, Chairperson, Jabu Mabuza, and for the first time that I had been on the public enterprises portfolio, we got an honest, frank

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description and presentation of exactly how bad things were at Eskom.

The situation was this: We had come almost to the brink of losing absolute control over one of the largest and most important state-owned entities in our country. Now I do not like to be an alarmist. However, if something happened to Eskom, and it came so close to that actually being the situation, our country literally would have been plunged into darkness.

Here we sit today Eskom announcing another section of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 load shedding. We knew at the time the board was completely honest with us. They did not try and paint a pretty picture and they did not try rose tinted glasses, they said to us we simply do not have the money it is gone. We simply do not have the coal we do not know where it is all gone and we simply do not know how many of the contracts that have been concluded are legitimate and how many people that work for us are working for the greater course of this country and not still involved

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with the Gupta linked and Minister at that point linked individuals.

The fact of the matter is this; there is a chronic coal shortage in our country that exists because coal was used as a catalyst for state capture. That we cannot deny. However, equally as South Africans, we have to stand firm and say that we cannot be held ransom by any one or any company when it comes to looking after the economy of South Africa. The facts of the matter are this simple: What we realised during our oversight visit is if Eskom fails, the economy literally goes into a free fall. It goes into a free fall. Minister, when I was at Eskom, what struck me was this: It cannot and it can never be business as usual, business as usual at Eskom was corrupt and in fact the plan to steal Eskom was so genius yet so diabolical in its nature that we are suffering today and we will suffer for many years to come.

This is my concern, when a chairperson honestly stands up in front of a committee and tells you that Eskom is in a deep, deep

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While we do not have a fundamental problem with the renewable energy being used, it must be renewable energy produced and supplied by the state. Energies of national importance and security we cannot handover the supply of energy to private individuals like your highly praised Minister Gordhan. The push towards the privatisation of Eskom through the IPPs is driven by the logic of economics and it is driven by greed. Now you are blaming the DA for neoliberalism, it is you who are driving that agenda and nobody else.

What sense is there in Eskom buying electricity from IPPs for R2,32 per unit and selling it for 90c. It does not make business sense. The answer is that it does not make sense and it will never make sense. The IPPs must be carefully watched and cannot afford South Africa’s energy supply to be privatised. You can sit here today and praise because you want to be put on the lists, let me tell you something the day Eskom gets privatised and the day you lose the SOE called Eskom, you will realise that just like when you realised later with the Guptas, you will realise that your highly praised Minister Gordhan is not what

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you think he is and what he shows himself to be. He is the enabler of corruption, he is corrupt and he is a thief! [Applause.] [Time expired.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Hon member. Hon Minister.

The MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING: Chairperson.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Yes.

The MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING: This member has

directly breached Rule 85, very, very directly. She has said and you can check the Hansard, she says that the Minister is a thief and is corrupt. She has not provided any substantive motion and must withdraw and I think given the reputation of members of her party, this should go to the disciplinary of Parliament. Thank you.

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Thank you, Minister. Hon Mente. You must withdraw that remark.

Ms N V MENTE: What remark, Chair?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): You know what you said. You referred to the Minister towards the end of your speech as a thief and being corrupt.

Ms N V MENTE: He is exactly that.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Will you leave the House please.

Ms N V MENTE: Oh with pleasure, I will leave! Enablers of corruption!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Hon member, will you leave the House. The next speaker is from the IFP.

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Ms N V Mente having disregarded the authority of the Chair was ordered by House Chairperson Mr C T Frolick to withdraw from the Chamber for the remainder of the day’s sitting.

The member thereupon withdrew from the Chamber.

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The committee observed that these schools had three things in common, which are one, committed and competent principals; well motivated and hard working teachers, and; supportive SGB and the parent of the learners. In most of these schools visited Chairperson, the NSNP was functioning very well. Several schools visited had also developed their school improvement plans.

Chairperson, we have also identified some challenges in our visit. Challenges are such as the provincial education department was experiencing budgetary constraints, and; also ineffective textbook retrieval was also a challenge in that province.

The other challenges included the inadequate support of schools, which were converted into Mathematics, Science and Technology, MST in the province. The other issue Chairperson is the poor ICT connectivity.

Chairperson, the key recommendations made in this report is directly linked to the above challenges. They include that the

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department should: Support and assist affected schools that have been converted to offer Mathematics, Science and Technology, MST

Chairperson, as the ANC, we are saying that education should be a privilege so that those who have money can study but the right to all learners. Thank you very much, Chairperson.

IsiXhosa:

Mnu F BHENGU: (ENDAWENI YOMBHEXESHI OYINTLOKO WOMBUTHO

OLAWULAYO): Ndiphakamisa ukuba le ngxelo kunye nezi ziphakamiso mazamkelwe yile Ndlu yoWiso-Mthetho. Ndiyabulela.

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): The motion is for the report to be adopted. Are there any objections?

Mr M WATERS: Yes.

Question put.

Motion agreed to (DA dissenting).

Report accordingly adopted.

Declarations of vote:

Ms N I TARABELLA-MARCHESI: We went for the oversight at Mpumalanga as the previous member mentioned, and we had a couple of issues that we identified. Despite the fact that there were learners that were doing very well under the challenging conditions, what I would like to basically talk about is the department itself; because on the last day, we were supposed to give a report of the oversight that we had and specifically allow...[Interjections.]

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T Frolick): Hon member, will you just stop there. There is a gathering there at the back. Will you take your seat, please? Continue.

Ms N I TARABELLA-MARCHESI: So that meeting that was scheduled the department didn’t show up. It was very difficult for us as a committee to convey our concerns and also to discuss our findings, and also to find out if we can find a solution and commonplace between ourselves and the department. So that was unfortunate.

What is also disturbing is the fact that the report itself does not highlight this issue. So that is quite concerning for us as the DA as for me as a member of the committee.

We also identified the three schools amongst that we visited that there was a school for instance, by the name of Mkhuhlu Teacher Development Centre that had challenges when it comes to infrastructure. The roofs were falling apart; there was a lack of personnel in that training centre; it was not well resourced;

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there were problems of the ICT, and; also the fact that there was no proper furniture.

Most importantly, the building was dilapidated and it hasn’t been maintained even when the roofs were falling off. Public Works didn’t do anything to come and ensure that the building is safe.

The other school that we also visited was Marhagi Secondary School where there was a ratio of 1:50 learners, as well as in a class of science we found that there were about 62 learners in one class.

There was also another issue where the hall was supposed to be. So the issue was that there was a tender being given to a contractor because the contractor did show up and what he did he just stuck the foundation and he never came back. So those were the issues that were a concern to us.

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Also, in M L Nkuna High School whereby the matric results declined from 80,3% in 2015 to 66,5% in 2016; and in 2017 to 57,1%. The reason why it had declined is that there was a lot of infighting at the school.

What was more concerning was the fact that the Principal was a member of Sadtu, and not only a member of Sadtu, but a secretary of Sadtu itself. So what would happen was that he wouldn’t show up at school and most of the time he will be absent at school, and therefore that ended up with the results that declined over the three years that he was a principal.

He did say that eventually he will resign but those were the issues that were concerning. So I think as a committee, we have to be very clear on a true reflection of what happened during oversight because I believe that this report is kind of lacking on these issues, specifically the issue of – you know, the tender that went out for a hall to be built but we don’t really know, was the money paid out?

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So we need to make a follow-up. I would suggest that the report

– because really it is not a reflection of our visit – that it is returned back to the committee and then we can be able to look at it and rectify, and; also include – it is a suggestion – include what hasn’t been included.

I just want to go back to the last part which is the conclusion of where she was speaking about the appreciation of the report. The chairperson of the committee said, I would like to thank the provincial Department of Education and the National Department of Basic Education that was at the meeting.

We didn’t have the department there on the last day. So how can it be that we appreciate people that were not even there? So that is why we need to really have a true reflection of this report. It must come back to the committee and also have everyone contributing. Thank you. [Time expired.] [Applause.]

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Mr X NGWEZI: House Chairperson, this morning as we entered the parliamentary precinct, we were greeted by the Western Cape learners who had spent the night and slept outside Parliament. The gathering was organized by an NGO called Equal Education. The complains were about continuing poor conditions in their schools. Please, listen properly! Please listen! Conditions in our schools without shouting at me are not pleasing at all. The portfolio committee is aware of it without you shouting here. We don’t shout when you present your Report. You have presented your Report here.

Chairperson, is this the only way in which our learners can be heard by resorting to such measures? The answer is no. Our schools in Mpumalanga province face the same problems as the schools in Western Cape province, Eastern Cape province,

KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces. In Mpumalanga particularly there has been infighting over management posts and this affects teaching and learning and the department needs to intervene and try to resolve those infightings because they have a negative effect in the results in our schools.

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Perhaps, I should say that you that there majority of our schools in South Africa face these kinds of problems and it needs all of us to intervene and solve them. Or even more simple that, the ANC-led government is failing our learners and parents.

Why do our schools still do not have the necessary information and communication technology, ICT, infrastructure in place? This means that our learners will not be prepared and equipped to deal with the challenges in the workplace as regards to the looming fourth industrial revolution. Especially so in the rural areas. This department is failing to reduce the inequalities in the education sector.

Violence and crime are becoming the order of the day in our schools. And the government seems to have no answers. Most schools in Mpumalanga indicated the issue of gangsterism, so it is not only in the Western Cape or KwaZulu-Natal, it is common problem.

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So the department needs to get closer and all of us to also assist in trying to solve these problems. I want to say to the parents, NGOs, SGBs, teachers and learners, we the IFP have observed your sufferings and we have heard your voices. As the ANC-led government has become deaf to your cries and please, the IFP has heard your voices. We support the reports. Stop howling and attend to these issues.

It is because your kids are not studying in the rural areas that is why you are howling at me. If there were studying in trhe rural areas you would about these problems. [Interjections.] I can’t come to where you are seated ... [Time Expired.]

Prof N M KHUBISA: Chairperson, I think President Mandela was right when he said "Education is the most important weapon you can use to change the world". It is important that in order the shape and character of our nation our children must get the best education.

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Chairperson, the NFP welcomes and supports this Report. However, there is a lot that is still going on in our education. I have seen I the recommendation that talks about the support that must be given to schools with regard to Maths and Science. But it is also exciting that most of the schools were not performing well in Mpumalanga province. But we have a school which was formally a mud school that has been developed and it is now performing well and it is getting about 98%. I think that must be appreciated. That is the Moses Mnisi high school.

It is always exciting when you visit a school where you did your Grade 12 or school where you were a principal. For instance, I was visited a school where I was a principal and I saw that the principals who came after me developed that school and they took it to a higher level and that is always exciting. The pass rate has always been 98 or 100% which is good and the buildings have improved. There are schools which are performing badly. And then that says to the department attend to the whole issue of infrastructure, attend to the whole issue of school governance management because if we have got good principals, senior

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management teams, SMTs, we have got good teachers, there is a culture of teaching and learning, buildings to talk to the austetic factor of the school and all these things put together. All stakeholders assisting the school then the government comes in with the infrastructure then we will have good performing schools.

The culture of teaching and learning is very important. Our schools are beset by gangsterism these days and it is the case again with Mpumalanga. Most of the schools are affected by gangsterism emanating from the factions that come from the community. Hence the community must play an integral part within our education system. We need the best of the bests. I am just citing the Moses Mnisi high school which was a former mud school but now it is a state of the art shool with 1155 learners, 38 educators. 98% of learners they camp in the school, they sleep on the floor and they produce the best results. So that says to us if there is a will, hard work we will perform well. However, our education system has got to do something with the ICT. when we visited as England as Chief Whips we saw that ICT is very

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good. And some of the modern schools do attend these conferences. Chairperson we support this Report but a lot has to be done with regard to our education. But there is good is happening with ... [Time Expired.]

Ms J V BASSON: Chairperson, Hon Marchesi, it is true that we visited schools where learners are perfoming well under bad cicumstances. I remember, the school you are speaking about is Gigwana and it is a Maths and Science school. And those children sleep under those circumstances. For the past three years the school produced 100% to show that teachers, the SGB, the parents are committed. And thus we had recommendations that school should be supported and today I can tell you, that school is a priority to receive the new school.

And even that ratio that you are talked about, if you remember we recommended that the schools that have funded vacancies should be filled in. thank you for your reminder. You said the Chairperson is speaking about the department of education that was not there. Don’t you remember? Because they didn’t come so

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we summoned them to this office and they accounted here. To tell you the truth now, every recommendsation that was recommended to them is receicing attenction.

Mr Ngwezi, I am very disappointed in you. You are speaking about children at the gate. Who brought those children here? During school hours! And now, what have you done? Who ensured that those children are absent at school today? Who should be blamed? I thought that because you participated in the oversight I thought about you will speak about Bohlabelo, Nkangala Schools not Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal. You are out of order.

Hon Chairperson, it is pleasing to see that the AnC is working

... [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T FROLICK): Hon member, will you just take your seat. Why are you rising hon member?

Mr X NGWEZI: may I rise on a point of priviledge?

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T FROLICK): Hon House Chairperson, when I came in the morning I happended to pass by because our bus had ... and I engaged the learners as to what were they doing. They said they have a problems of infrastructure in their schools. And you must deal with that. I was not part and parcel of their [Inaudible.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr C T FROLICK): Take your seat, hon member.

Mr P J MNGUNI: House Chair, I rise on Rule 92. I just request hon Chair to really prevail to the House Rule 66 on a member not to be interrupted precedes everything else. That so called priviledge had nothing to do and that may we in the House allow the House at least allow the debate to flow in terms of Rule 66. Thank you.

Ms J V BASSON: house Chair Mpumalanga is one of those provinces that proves that the ANC is the ANC at work. The ANC lead and the ANC is there for the people on the ground. It is functioning

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on the ground, it is listening on the ground and it listens on the complains of the people. Thus we remind the people at home that come 26 and 27 January they must go and register and they must vote ANC. They must register to ...

Afrikaans:

Ons sê reeds dat hulle moet gaan registreer, sodat hulle ANC kan stem.

English:

We are telling you. And for those learner teacher support material, LTSM that you talk about - the learners must be encouraged. You know education is a societal problem. So we must encourage parents to register the children on time so that the schools should do their budget correctly.

Remember, our oversight was a “back to school campaign” in short. So if the parents are still registering children in January, how can the LTSM be 100% at school? Shortages will be there. We, as the leaders of society must encourage the parents

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to adhere to the rules of the government that children should be registered on time so that they can be accommodated in all the aspects of welfare at school. I propose that this report should be adopted. Thank you.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON - OVERSIGHT VISIT TO SUGAR CANE FARMERS AND SUGAR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS IN KWAZULU-NATAL

Ms J L FUBBS: Chairperson, hon members, colleagues and compatriots, fellow South Africans, good afternoon, this is the Report of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry which recently although not that recently, arguably in January this year undertook an Oversight Visit to the Sugar Cane Farmers and Sugar Industry Associations in KwaZulu-Natal from 25 to 26 January 2018.

We may never have gone on this oversight. In fact, we were destined to go elsewhere when - by chance, after been at the Catholic Cathedral one lunch time I came across some members – I

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suppose very much like the school children but of course, these are adults not attending school and they said “we are now tired of not having the issues addressed”. I said, and you are? “We are the South African Farmers Development Association” in the sugar cane industry and we are trying to see the Department of Trade and Industry, DTI, and the Chairperson. I said well, I am the Chairperson. I am glad we have met. And we immediately made arrangements for them to come and share with the committee the challenges they faced.

I am not the first one to say this, that it is sometimes in a busy schedule to overlook certain things. I want to say from the podium that I would not want to apologize to all South Africans but especially the Sugar cane black farmers that I never ever realise there was such a law on our books currently. The 1978 law regarding the sugar industry which has the shortest amendment, I think in 1992 which simple says, “Black sugar cane farmers are no longer illegal”. That was the extent of the transformation.

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So, I want to apologize publicly from this podium. I now know in our Legacy Report we will indicate to a future Chairperson to please undertake and audit of all legislations pertaining to industries and agreements, right. That was in October 2017.

Well, that is not so long ago. And in that time, we undertook an extensive oversight visit and some of the things we came across were shocking, like yes, I do have water then I saw a little pump which you work with your foot for an entire plantation. No, no, no, that is not what we need. Absolutely not. So there were recommendations and the committee which is a multiparty committee said, we must address the lack of transformation within the industry within a year. Then, we must also ensure that all farmers - all stakeholders are in one association and in line with the late President Rolihlahla Mandela who said “Yes, we negotiate not only with friends and talk to them but also we negotiate with people who do not agree with us including our enemies.

So, we engaged with all the stakeholders and said look, we are all South Africans and that is the start. And the time has come

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for us to be more inclusive. That’s exactly what we did and we actually resolved and asked the department to be apply all measures to ensure that they address this and exercise their powers in this regard. They were actually funding the sugar cane industry giving them a little something which was only shared among white farmers. That was then changed. The tariffs were then raised and I say publicly to the sugar cane industry, we want to help you but you must transform. We will have the tariffs addressed through the Department of Economic Development and International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa, ITAC. I want to you to know hon Chairperson, the ANC fully supports this Report. I thank you.

There was no debate.

The DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY PARTY: Chairperson, I move

that the Report be adopted. Thank you.

Declaration of vote:

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Mr D W MACPHERSON: House Chair, it’s always difficult to come after the hon Fubbs but I will do my best. I am not going to show you my water pump extracting skills. Before us is the Report on the Oversight Visit to the Sugar Cane Farmers in Kwazulu-Natal, KZN, but there is an important back story that must be told to this.

The ANC and the EFF would tell you how they are on the side of black sugar cane farmers but, this couldn’t be further from the truth. When sugarcane farmers - black and white were at their most vulnerable neither party could be found. When cheap subsidized sugar was pouring into South Africa at below the cost of production for local farmers they were nowhere to be seen. In fact, for seven weeks in 2017, sugar was dumped into our country without a cent of duty being paid due to a “technical glitch” by Sars, which decimated local production.

Today, not a single person has still being held responsible for this technical glitch. When myself, hon Steyn and hon Cachalia marched with sugar cane farmers black and white to the

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Department of Trade and Industry, DTI, in Pretoria demanding that the duty bound rate for sugar be raised to 856 dollars a ton. The ANC and EFF were nowhere to be seen. I guess if it would have included e-tolls and VAT, then maybe the ANC would have made an appearance.

But in the end, farmers only got 680 dollars a ton while International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa, ITAC dragged its feet in complete contradiction to the way it dealt with steel tariff applications by ArceloMittal record time. Again, the ANC and EFF were nowhere to be seen. When two billion rands was provided to the land bank to assist in drought relief and which never got to farmers in KZN. Again, they were nowhere to be seen.

The truth is, what sugar cane farmers especially black sugar cane and small scale farmers need is a certain future. They need to be able to scale up their farms to become commercially viable and participate in an inclusive economy. This was best summed up by the ANC when I said to black farmers in Parliament, that they

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would not help them until there is transformation. And yet, they have done nothing to the Department of Labour or the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to help sugar cane black farmers.

But when you do not own the land you farm on it is neatly impossible to see real transformation in this industry. And this is what we should be paying particular attention to. We know that the ANC does not take transformation in sugar farming seriously when they budget more for VIP protection than they do for land reform. When the ANC and EFF say they want to take your land away, the DA says we want you to be the owners of your land and to secure your future. When the ANC won’t give you Title Deeds for the land you have rented from government for 30years to farm on, the DA says you will not have to pay the government another rent and you will be the owner of your land.

Hon members, transformation is not simple about representation in an association body and while that is important and critically important, ownership of the land you toil every day

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is the real key to economic freedom and transformation for the tens of thousands of black farmers that have been shun by the ANC-led government and who today, live under the threat that with the ANC and EFF coalition, they will become land slaves to the state for the rest of their lives, forever shackle to the state that simple does not care for them. I thank you.

Declarations of vote (cont.):

Mr J A ESTERHUIZEN: House Chairperson, South African sugar cane industry has already lost approximately 20% of its sales in this country and this is only last year, mainly due to cheaper imports.

The Southern African Development Community, SADC, declined from

20 % to 1%. This affects everyone in the industry but unfortunately even more so, the small farmers. What is of additional concern is that the current challenges are only going to be elevated by the implementation of the sugar tax that will have an adverse impact on the entire industry.

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It is estimated that 13 200 hectares was lost in production and up to 20 000 direct job loses which will force a number of sycamore to shut down its operations. This will negatively impact on about 90 000 people’s livelihood. The question is, how we are protecting this industry, especially the smaller scale growers when we take away with a left hand what we are giving with the right hand?

The committee is of the view that there’s a need for a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, the Department of Trade and Industry, DTI, and the International Trade Administration Commission of SA to discuss the importance and the implications of the increases in tariffs. Additionally, we need to engage with the sugar industry to develop and implement mechanism which directly addresses the challenges in the sugar cane industry which include improving access to mills and access to information particularly for the black sugar cane growers.

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With the mar light of the challenges facing this industry, the IFP strongly recommends that the DTI, the South African Sugar Cane Research Institute, the South African Sugar Cane Association, investigate the feasibility of developing downstream industries for alternative markets such as aphynal and fruit industries. The IFP supports the report.

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: House Chairperson, allow me to start off by paying tribute to my forefathers and the indent-ship laborers who came by ship from India to work on the sugar cane plantations and worked under horrendous conditions. Receiving water and toilet facilities were just a pipe-dream - they didn’t have all those things. So I must admit that the conditions they worked under were shocking but let me also pay tribute to the selfless individuals and the role they played in the industry and the economic development of South Africa and we must not shy away from that.

The industry is today experiencing gauge challenges as a result of various contributing factors: the high input cost, chemicals,

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those black farmers 75% of his business so that they can produce their own fertilizers.

Chairperson, the ANC will go a long with those black farmers until they reach their emancipation and the DA will not be there because they are hypocrites who do not care about black farmers. We want your white people to share that land with black farmers so that they can they can be as productive as you are. And we will ensure that that happens.

In conclusion, Chairperson, the committee welcomes SALGA’s efforts to represent the needs of the small scale farmers, both in KwaZulu/Natal and Mpumalanga areas. The committee emphasized the need for small scale farmers to find ways to contribute to other activities in the sugar value chain.

The committee welcomes the work of the SASRI, the Research Institute however challenges were highlighted with respected to new varieties and to information to for small scale growers.

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The committee remains concerns about the state of transformation in the sugar industry where black farmers have not been able to sufficiently penetrate into the industry and grow into larger commercial farmers. But we assuring South Africans that we will go with them step by step and that they reap the fruits of the sugar industry. Thank you, Chairperson.

Motion agreed to.

Report accordingly adopted.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMITTEE ON HEALTH ON OVERSIGHT VISIT TO KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE FROM 14 TO 17 AUGUST 2018

Mr A F MAHLALELA: Hon House Chair, the Portfolio Committee on Health conducted an oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, which is a National Health Insurance, NHI, pilot site, as well as the eThekwini Metro. The facilities that we visited amongst others were in Umsunduzi

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Local Municipality, Imbalenhle Clinic, CLC Mpumuza Clinic, Edendale Hospital, Fort Napier Psychiatric Hospital and Grey’s Tertiary Hospital.

At uMshwathi Local Municipality, we were able to visit two clinics, which are Claremont and Gcumisa. We also visited one Rock District Hospital which is Appelsbosch. In uMngeni Local Municipality, we were able to visit one clinic, Mpophomeni, and also uMngeni Psychiatric Hospital. In eThekwini, we conducted a surprise visit in one health facility, Umlazi V Clinic.

We also visited other clinics that we planned to visit like Addington Hospital. During our visit, we were also able to interact with the public, and in most instances, there were some key concerns raised by the public about the challenges around shortages of staff, which results in patients having to wait for long hours before getting attended to.

The other challenge is around the responses of the Emergency Medical Service, EMS, and the use of patient manual record

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Well it is quite obvious. You see, Dr Motsoaledi and the ANC government he represents, and who has now resorted to devious manners to push through a severely flawed NHI policy, wants to nationalise health. In fact, they are pushing it to become another money-spending with no return state-owned enterprise, SOE.

The grand plans to improve health on all levels have come to naught, and they won’t. Poor and vulnerable South Africans suffer daily, while we hear day after day the excuses of health’s failures that it will take 14 years to institute NHI and billions are dropped into a bottomless pit.

South Africa, hear me, if you want a proper health care for all within 5 to 8 years, that is fairer and affordable; if you want to see improved standards and health care at your clinics and hospitals, and enhanced maternal and child care; if you want to be able to make the choice of where you go for care and cure, regardless of your income and proper ambulance care to assist

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you in emergencies, then you must vote for change and a one South Africa for all.

Only the DA has put adequate plans in place for an all inclusive medical health plan, within the confines of the current budget and medical aid taxes. We will provide an extra billion per year for the appropriate training of health professionals; we will provide an extra R2 billion per year for expanded maternal and child care programmes for hospitals and clinics.

We will reform medical aids so they can compete on price and quality of health care they provide, instead of the risk groups they target, and make the Council for Medical Schemes independent of the department. We will insist that hospitals are run and managed by clinically trained personnel and autonomous boards that will hold them to account.

These are just a few of the promises that the DA is prepared to deliver on, and that we have delivered in the Western Cape. We do take the health of every South African seriously, and will

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ensure that a healthy and vigorous health sector can provide the care that every South African is due in terms of our great Constitution. I thank you.

Declarations of votes contd:

Ms S J NKOMO: Chairperson, the state of health care services in the province of KwaZulu-Natal is still problematic, with reports of a lot of systems failure. We do have a few success stories.

If I could just quickly relate to one of the success stories, where Dr L P H M Mtshali, the former Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, who passed away, actually instituted a situation where babies that they were born to mothers who are HIV positive were protected from the virus.

This happened during the time when the IFP was in charge of the province. The stand of health or the situation of health in the vast majority of public hospitals in the province is in an abysmal state of despair. With not only the infrastructure, which is problematic, we also have equipments that are problematic and there is no medication in a number of places.

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There are also sewerage system problems and a lot of other problems. Urgent attention is especially required in Mphumutsa, as well as Empophomeni and especially in Umngeni Psychiatric Hospital.

There is a situation where we have a shortage of medical doctors in KwaZulu-Natal especially, yet we have a lot of professional doctors who are South Africans, who have been trained in foreign countries, but they are not given certificates, let alone taken through any of the tests so that they are put into practice in our hospitals. The HPCSA is inundated with emails from such excluded doctors. It is about time that we actually look into their situation and they are brought on board.

We also find ourselves plagued by the so-called quadruple burden of disease, where we have infections and noncommunicable diseases: We have high rates of maternal and child mortality, as well as trauma. It is important for us to look at the term ‘prevention’ for what it is. When we talk in terms of prevention, we are avoiding a lot of treatment which has got to

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Order, hon member!

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Ms S V KALYAN: Madam, may I address you on a point of order?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Order! What’s the point of order, hon Kalyan?

Ms S V KALYAN: Point of order is unparliamentary language. The member used a swear word and she also said, “Hayi suka wena”!

IsiZulu:

Nksz C N NDABA: Hhayi suka maan!

English:

You are wasting my time!

Ms S V KALYAN: Aah aah! Aah aah! You used a swear word that starts with ‘n’, and there has been a twist against ... [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Hon members, can you please take your seat?

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IsiZulu:

Nksz C N NDABA: Hlala phansi! Hlala phansi!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Hon Ndaba, can you please allow the Chair to listen to the point of order? Yes, hon members?

Ms S V KALYAN: So, swear words and ‘suka wena’ is unparliamentary. I ask you to ask the member to withdraw.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Order, hon Kalyan! Unfortunately, the challenge for the Chair is that when there is so much noise, and there is exchange across the platform, I am not in a position to hear. I did not hear the member. So, I will ask here ... [Interjections.] Order, hon member! We are just addressing the same issue. [Interjections.] Can you please be in order? Allow the Chair to ... [Interjections.] Can you allow the Chair to rule? Please! [Interjections.] Hon Ndaba, did you say the words that are alleged you have said?

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IsiZulu:

Nksz C N NDABA: Hawu, hhayi suka wena ngimshilo Sihlalo.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Can you please withdraw it? [Interjections.] Hon members, ... [Interjections.]

Ms C N NDABA: Okay! Chair, I am withdrawing ‘hhayi suka wena’ for the sake of progress.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Thank you.

Ms C N NDABA: Chair, the ANC rises in support ... [Interjections.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Order! Hon member, what is the point of order?

Mr M WATERS: Unparliamentary language!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Which is?

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Mr M WATERS: The ‘f-word’!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): I will actually listen to the audio, because I didn’t hear it.

Mr M WATERS: Or maybe you could ask the hon member is she said it!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Hon member, I will listen to the audio and come back to this House to make a ruling. Can you take a seat? Can you proceed, hon member?

Ms C N NDABA: Can I proceed, Chair?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): You can proceed, yes!

Ms C N NDABA: Hon members, there is nothing good that we can learn from the Western Cape. The ANC rises in support of the Report on the oversight visit to UMgungundlovu District Municipality and Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-

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Natal province. The realisation of the universal health care for all was envisioned in the social contract of 1955, the Freedom Charter, which states that, “Free medical care and hospitalisation shall be provided for all.”

The purpose of the above-stated oversight visit was to assess progress and challenges in the UMgungundlovu District Municipality, which is a National Health Insurance pilot site for the health sector. The health sector has adopted the ideal clinic model for clinics to meet quality standards. Most of the clinics that the committee visited have achieved silver and gold status. The KwaZulu-Natal province has focused on building clinics and hospitals in rural and far-flung areas to redress the imbalances of the past by ensuring that our people have access to health facilities and receive quality health care services in their areas. [Interjections.]

HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Order, hon members! Can you please don’t drown the speaker on the podium?

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Ms C N NDABA: These facilities are beautiful, functional and resourced. Over and above, ...

IsiZulu:

... i-KZN inamabhasi. Amabhasi awumtholampilo futhi ayisibhedlela, anabodokotela, anabahlengikazi. Abantu bakithi abasuki le kude ko ... [Ubuwelewele.]

Abasasuki kude. Sebehamba eduzane bangasayi eKing Williams. Amabhasi eza kubo. Kulawo mabhasi abantu bakithi bayakwazi ukuthi bayosoka.Ngakho ke leyonto yenziwa uhulumeni kaKhongolose, obusayo njengamanje. [Ubuwelewele.]

English:

In Umlazi V-section Clinic, we made an unannounced visit and we observed that the clinic was not ideal in terms of structure and location. It was a house that was converted into a clinic to ensure that our people receive health care services. In terms of service delivery, we noted that the clinic is clean.

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The staff is dedicated, committed and work as a team. Clients were positive about the service they receive and there were medicines in the pharmacy. The staff utilise the small resources they have to deliver quality services. Due to the above- mentioned conditions, the committee recommended that the clinic be used as a TB clinic or children’s clinic.

At Claremont, the committee noted that Claremont Clinic is small but was impressed with cleanliness and quality of services provided. The pharmacy is fully stocked and organised, despite not having pharmacy personnel. Staff and clients are happy.

However, the infrastructure division was advised by the committee to put shelter for our people while waiting for consultation. They have agreed to do so as soon as possible to protect them from harsh weather conditions.

The KwaZulu-Natal must expropriate the unused neighbouring land next to the clinic and rebuild the clinic. On oncology, I think most of the issues that were raised by the SA Human Rights

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Commission were being addressed by the department. Others are still being attended to by the department.

IsiZulu:

Futhi konke kuzokwenzeka!

English:

The Prince Cyril Zulu Communicable Disease Centre, located at the busy Warwick Triangle, surrounded by major taxi ranks, railway station, major bus ranks and informal traders provides the following services: HIV, TB, ARVs, NCDs, X-rays and contraceptives. Due to the accessibility of the facility, patients from outside the province are also able to access those services.

IsiZulu:

Akufani nala eWestern Cape naseKhayelitsha.

English:

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KwaZulu-Natal is doing well under the circumstances: With little resources they have; the vastness of the province; increasing population; people have got access to health care services; and treated with dignity and respect. The province will do much better with assistance of the national Department of Health. The ANC supports the report.

IsiZulu:

Bantu bakithi votelani i-ANC. Uma nivotele i-ANC niyobe nenze okulungile, hhayi abantu abagqoke izingubo eziluhlaza.

Ngiyabonga. [Ihlombe.]

English:

Inkosi Z M D MANDELA: On a point of order! On a point of order, Chair!

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): What’s a point of order, hon member?

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Inkosi Z M D MANDELA: Chair, with your indulgence: It seems that our vernacular languages are becoming intolerable here in Parliament. I want to speak to the word, ‘suka wena’. [Interjections.] ‘Suka’ means move; ‘wena’ means you. So, if then tomorrow I am to see you there and say,

IsiXhosa:

‘Suka wena, awusemhle!’ [Kwahlekwa.]

English:

Does that now become unparliamentary?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Thank you, hon member, for the point of order. I was indeed reminded of hon Essop Pahad who one time used the same word, “Hhayi suka wena!” I have just asked the Table Staff member, Mahlangu, just to check for me whether it is indeed unparliamentary so that I can deal with it. I understand, hon members. I will come back to that issue. That is why I am saying I reflected on it, hence I reminded myself of

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what hon Essop used to say, so that we can clarify those matters. I also want to say ... [Interjections.]

Order, hon members! [Interjections.] Order, hon Kalyan! Can you take your seat; I will recognise you. [Interjections.] Order!

Hon members, I think it is important to be tolerable of one another and not be selective also in the way in which we want others to behave whilst we behave in a particular way. At times, seated here as Presiding Officers, we can hear certain interjections that are really offensive. I don’t think it is proper for anyone.

I would also want to say: These sounds that we sometimes make... At times a person will stammer but to then make those sounds is not correct, no matter who does it. I think we should refrain from it! [Interjections.] I have said anyone; I have not been saying this person or that one. I am just saying that from the Chair at times we can here things that are said which are not supposed to be said in this House. What is your point of order, hon Kalyan?

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Ms S V KALYAN: Madam, there has been a precedence set in this House regarding the use of the word by hon Zulu. I think it is important for you to also look at the tone and context of the way the words are expressed. It can be expressed in a joking manner; and it can also be expressed in an insulting manner. [Interjections.] That is what the member did at the podium, but I leave that to you to finalise. [Interjections.]

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Hon member, that is why I said I will reflect on this matter and come back to you. I think I understood the context properly. I also understand the issue of the language. I will come back to this Chair and make my ruling on the matter. That is why I am saying let us just be tolerant of each other and appreciate ... [Interjections.] Order, hon members!

You will remember that last week there was an issue raised about references on using our languages. I said you we are a multicultural plural society. Diversity is what we embrace. In terms of the rule, what is important is the respectfulness of

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some of the phrases that we used so that we are at one about whether those issues are in terms of the rules offensive or not.

At times the failure of appreciating each other’s languages might create problems. That is why I reflected on the issue that Mandela is raising, because indeed we need to be accommodative of each other’s languages. On my side, I have actually asked Mr Mahlangu in order that we reflect on that issue so that we do not create a wrong precedence. Thank you very much, hon members. Can I put the question with respect to that report?

Ms P BHENGU-KOMBE: Hon Chair, I am here.

HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Yes, sorry hon member.

Ms BHENGU-KOMBE: You can also add the word ‘shut up’, because in IsiZulu, ‘shut up’ means ‘thula’, but in Parliament we are told that ‘shut up’ is unparliamentary.

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HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Okay, thank you very much hon members. Are there any objections to the report being adopted?

No objections.

Report accordingly agreed to.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Ms M L DUNJWA: House Chair, Ministers and Deputy Ministers that are present, Members of Parliament, guests, if there are any, and you South Africans...

IsiXhosa:

... nani bantu boMzantsi Afrika, ndiyabulisa ngale njikalanga kwaye sicela nimamele. Mandikhawulezise kuba ixesha lixhatshwe yinja.

English:

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We are saying that as the Portfolio Committee on Health, upon receiving the report from the ombudsman regarding the unfortunate situation at Life Esidimeni which we have drawn lessons from as the ANC, we then called all provinces to come before the committee and explain to us the state of mental health in provinces. With regard to the Eastern Cape, we observed that there is a high rate of vacancies and infrastructure challenges, particularly the shortage of beds - which we were concerned about. In terms of the Western Cape, we were also concerned about the relationship ... because we know that there are traditional leaders in the province. We want to know how the relationship between traditional healers and health workers is. In terms of the Free State, we are also concerned about the Mental Health Review Board. We want to know if it is not functioning according to the Mental Health Care Act 12 that was amended in 2014. With regard to North West, we are also concerned about the review board because review boards are playing a fundamental role in terms of the mental health when patients are to be discharged and when patients are to be transferred in other institutions. In respect of KwaZulu-Natal,

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we are concerned about the issue of review boards and the issue of human resource.

We are raising this because the ombudsman raised a number of issues that are very important and we are confident that the department has started addressing them, to ensure that provinces are doing what they are supposed to do with regard to the executive authority. On the issue of provinces, we invited them again to come before the portfolio committee because we wanted them to be aware of the state of health in our country. We did that precisely because whether people like it or not, National Health Insurance is here to stay. We then called the provinces to ask about the weaknesses, the potential and the strength of the health sector in all provinces. All provinces have challenges.

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Mr N XABA: Yes, House Chair, is the hon member prepared to take a question?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Hon member, are you prepared to take a question? [Interjections.]

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Increased poverty plays a very big part. An inequality exacerbated by government’s cadre deployment as well as looting has actually led to many mental illnesses in our communities where you find that fathers and mothers are not able to take care of their families because of the self-imposed poverty by government.

It is quite interesting as well to note that all these things are happening under the so-called guise of taking care of our people and ensuring that our people are given food parcels. Yet, we are perpetually putting our people into poverty so that they even become mentally ill where they cannot take care of their responsibilities.

The remedy here is that we should be very, very vigilant when it comes to the prevention of these illnesses. The IFP’s Medical Innovation Bill looked at such issues where prevention became quite a serious component. Whilst we support this report, we would like the matters that we have brought forth to be taken care of, especially the deliberate way in which our people are

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being put into poverty so that they continually keep looking for food parcels.

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: Thank you, hon House Chair. It’s been a long day. [Interjections.] [Laughter.] The NFP notes the report of the Portfolio Committee on Health.

Allow me to ... I won’t concentrate on the financial aspect because I think ... [Inaudible.] ... is obvious that we are very, very good at spending money but in getting value for money is another thing. That clearly seems to be a challenge which we need to address.

The issue of community health care workers remains unresolved, and if we remember, the previous President said that community health care workers will become permanent. These community health care workers earn between R1 300 and R1 500 per month. In many provinces this has not happened but let me welcome the statement by the Minister yesterday, where he said that they are now going to become permanent.

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prevision of health care services in the country, as opposed to what is happening in the Western Cape.

For the past few years, South Africa has taken some important steps towards the strengthening of its mental health system in line with the requirements of the World Health Organisation. The Department of Health developed the National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2013-2020. However, despite this framework and strategic plan that have been in existence for almost five years now, there still remain ongoing challenges that face mental health in South Africa.

Mental health care continues to be underfunded and under- resourced by provinces — all of them, including the Western Cape

— compared to other health priorities, despite the fact that neuropsychiatric disorder is one of the contributors to the burden of disease in South Africa, and infectious diseases.

There is enormous inequality between provinces in the distribution and allocation of mental health services and

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Motion agreed to.

Report on State of Mental Health Care Services accordingly adopted.

Report on State of Health Care Services in South Africa accordingly adopted.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON OVERSIGHT VISIT TO KWAZULU-NATAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROJECTS

Ms S P TSOLELI: Chair, the Portfolio Committee on Social Development adopted a strategic decision, whereby oversight was based on the dominant issues affecting the province. Food security was identified as the key focus area for oversight in KwaZulu-Natal. The objective of the oversight to KwaZulu-Natal was to consider the progress made by the provincial department

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in implementing the National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security and the Household Food and Nutrition Security Strategy.

The committee found that, through the Operation Sukuma Sakhe Programme, the province has had significant success in linking services of various government departments through the War Room on Poverty. The province has also managed to implement the aforementioned programmes by linking food security co- operatives, community nutrition development centres, skills development programmes, and youth development through the Radical Agrarian Socioeconomic Transformation, called Raset.

Raset is a government programme directed at addressing the crisis of joblessness, poverty, inequality, by supporting black African subsistence and small farmers.

Notwithstanding, the above, the committee raised a concern that the distribution of food and negotiation of food prices were outsourced to nonprofit organisations. This is the responsibility of the department. We are of the view that the department should build capacity or establish co-operatives that

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will assist communities to be self-sufficient. The department should also utilise local government structures to deliver food.

The committee was assured by the department that its concern will be escalated to the Deputy President of the country, so that it can be addressed and co-ordinated. The committee believes that its concerns and recommendations were addressed by the province. During a committee meeting held on 14 November 2018, the committee was informed that significant progress has been made to address the issues raised by the committee.

I therefore present the committee’s report on oversight to KwaZulu-Natal to be considered for adoption by the House. Ke a leboha. [Thank you.]

Declarations of vote:

Ms A T KHANYILE: House Chair, the oversight conducted in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State revealed that some programmes have the potential to push against poverty, if all those involved in implementing them have, as their goal, to put an end

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to poverty. It also revealed that some youth are ready to get their hands dirty, to not only fight poverty, but to create thriving businesses in agriculture. This is encouraging.

However, surprisingly, the oversight also showed that there are those whose focus is on enriching themselves through government programmes, without heeding the main objective of these development initiatives.

We heard of a situation where the MEC for Social Development had to temporarily close the Lower Umfolozi Service Office, due to rampant fraud and corruption relating to foster care. Twenty- seven officials were subsequently charged, eight have been dismissed, two have been given three months suspension without pay, one has received a final written warning. The balance of 16 disciplinary hearings was scheduled to be finalised at the end of September 2017. A further 17 officials have since been charged for misconduct. The department also found out that there were cases where children were adopted twice.

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We witnessed a situation where, instead of procuring food from local co-operatives, food was procured from mainstream retail wholesalers, defeating the very objective of ensuring that the local, most unemployed and therefore poor people are financially empowered via government development programmes.

The Household Food and Nutrition Security Programme, also known as the Community Nutrition Development Centre, CNDC, is a great initiative aimed to alleviate poverty where individuals from households in need of food come together to enjoy nutritious meals, which meet the most basic human needs.

CNDCs are designed to empower people through training and skills development. However, the department creates a culture of dependency. There is currently no exit plan in place. It is crucial to ensure that skills development programmes take place to ensure that the beneficiaries of this programme are able to exit the programme and be independent. This is a shame, given the high levels of unemployment that leads to entire communities being left to remain poor.

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We will monitor all the issues that we have raised, to ensure that the committee’s recommendations are taken seriously. It is only the DA that has a plan to created fair access to real long- term jobs across South Africa, where small business owners will be empowered. [Applause.] We support this report.

IsiZulu:

USolwazi N M KHUBISA: Sihlalo, siyawamukela lo mbiko ngoba sicabanga ukuthi lolu hambo lweKomidi lwalubaluleke kakhulu. Angisho nje Sihlalo ukuthi ukungasebenzi kwentsha eningi

English:

... the single biggest challenge facing South Africa, with numbers of school leavers outstripping the availability of jobs, causing frustration and many other social issues for the youth. Therefore, ...

IsiZulu:

Ukusebenza kukaHulumeni wesiFundazwe ngokuqala kwakhe leya phrojekthi yaseVuma, ebizwa ngokuthi iYouth Development Centre

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eseShowe eyaqalwa njengohlelo lokuzama ukubona ukuthi ingasebenza yini (pilot), iyiphrojekthi ebaluleke kakhulu ukuhlanganisa abantu abasha nokubheka amakhono abo, kanjalo nokubasiza nakwezinye izinto eziphathelene nempilo.

Kanti nokubathatha futhi bagcine sebefunda eMfolozi TVT College bethola ulwazi lwemfundo ephakeme ukuze bakwazi ukuzisiza bathuthuke bayephambili ngemfundo yabo kanjalo futhi bazuze namakhono abalulekile. Yize ke noma bengaphumelelanga ezifundweni zikamatikuletsheni kodwa bakwazi ukuzuza amakhona okuziphilisa, nalabo abasabambeke ezidakamizweni babuyiswe.

Ngakho ke sifisa ukusincoma kakhulu lesa sikhungo ukuthi sibalulekile ukukhulisa amakhono abantwana bethu

Kukhona futhi enye iphrojekthi eseNgwelezane, eMpangeni, KwaZulu/Natal lapho khona abantu abasha besebenza khona ukulima izingadi, ikhombisa ukuthi iphatheke kahle, okutshengisa ukuthi zikhona izindawo lapho abantu abasha uma beqeqeshiwe, futhi bezimisele bevuma, bekwazi nokuphatha kahle izimali zikaHulumeni

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ngoba uMnyango wezeNhlalakahle ufaka izimali zakhe khona lapho kodwa sithola ukuthi le ntsha ziziphatha kahle lezi zimali.

Sifisa futhi ukuncoma okuhle okwenzeka laphayana ehhovisi laseMfolozi uma kutholakala ukuthi kudliwa izimali zombuso, abantu bayabanjwa, bajeze babhekane nokona kwabo. Lokho uHulumeni fanele akusebenze kakhulu. uMnyango njengoba ukwenza lokho nezinye izindawo lapho kunuka khona intuthu yokudliwa kwezimali zikaHulumeni, abantu mababanjwe bajeze ngokwenza kwabo.

Lolu hambo lwaluqondene nodaba lokukhulisa nokukhuselwa kokudla ngenhloso yokubheka ukuthi umgomo kaHulumeni uyasebenza yini.. Njenge NFP uma sekuza odabeni oluthinta abantu abakhubazekile uHulumeni kusamele ake athi ukwenyusa amasokisi, futhi siyincoma nemizamo kaHulumeni wesiFundazwe, njengodaba naseNduduzweni, eThekwini, nasoSizweni eMgungundlovu lapho besebenza khona imisebenzi yezandla, kukhona futhi esinye isikhungo lapho abantu abakhubazekile etholakala ngaseMpangeni okuthiwa iJabulani lapho

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bezisiza khona. Zonke lezi zindawo zibalulekile. Siyawuxhasa lo mbiko

Ms B L ABRAHAMS: Hon House Chair, the ANC supports this report. The committee, having conducted an oversight visit to KwaZulu- Natal found that, even though the province made significant progress in implementing food security programmes, the service of distributing food was done by NPOs. This is a service that should be done by the department. This means that the NPOs act as a conduit. The committee thus recommended the following.

Firstly, the committee advised the department to consider increasing its capacity, with the assistance of local government through community development workers. These workers can be used to distribute food. In that way, an amount of R830 million out of R1,2 billion allocated to the department that was reported to have been transferred to the NPOs can be saved.

Secondly, the committee resolved to invite the national Department of Social Development, to brief them on the

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comprehensive report on the Integrated Food Security Programme. The committee received this briefing on 14 November 2018, where provincial food distribution agencies were also present.

The food distribution agency operating in KwaZulu-Natal reported that it had addressed the issues raised by the committee. It signed more than 50 memorandums of understanding, MOUs, with corporatives, it procured from these corporatives, inline with the Radical Agrarian Socioeconomic Transformation principles.

The ANC supports this report. Thank you.

Motion agreed to.

Report accordingly adopted.

UNPARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE

(Ruling)

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T DIDIZA): Hon members, I just want to come back to the issue that was raised earlier in the debate on the report of the Portfolio Committee on Health on the oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal Province from 14 to 17 August 2018. A point of order was raised by hon Kalyan in which she requested the Chair to rule that the phrase “hayi suka wena” used by hon Ndaba was unparliamentary.

The Chair requested the member to withdraw and hon Ndaba indeed withdrew. Hon Mandela requested that the Chair reflects once again on her ruling, given that the phrase “hayi suka wena” in other languages is actually not offensive. Particularly in African languages, the phrase can be used in a variety of ways.

It can be used as a prefix when you want to complement somebody, as hon Naledi Pandor said. It can also be used when somebody is trying ... [Interjections.] Hon Waters, I am still ruling. It can also be used as a reference when somebody does not want to be disturbed, which is also not unparliamentary.

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Hon Kalyan, after hon Mandela has raised the issue, requested that the Chair must look into the context. The Chair indeed has considered this matter that was raised, including the context in which the phrase was made. During hon Ndaba’s debate on the podium, hon Wilson made continuous interjections, which hon Ndaba responded to by saying “hayi suka wena”. In this context, the phrase “hayi suka wena” was an expression to say, don’t disturb me. As such, the phrase was not offensive and therefore, not contravening any Rule, particularly Rule 84. [Applause.]

Hon members, indeed, our languages in this Parliament, which are all official, in terms of the Constitution, are very rich in content. Some of them also have idioms, which sometimes maybe understood wrongly. In this instance, that was indeed the case.

Hon members, indeed, in my language, we could also say, “lixhoshwa libhekile”. That means: Even a mistake can be made when you least expect it. Therefore, even the presiding officer, in this instance, immediately ruled when she was supposed not to

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in that context. Therefore, the presiding officer apologizes to hon Ndaba.

UNPARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE

(Ruling)

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T DIDIZA): Another matter was raised by hon P J Mnguni about the phrase “dololo” that was used by hon Wilson on the podium, asking whether or not such a phrase is parliamentary. Hon members, in this Parliament, the way in which we have used the phrase “dololo”, meaning nothing, has been accepted.

Again, the issue of the intonation and phrasing might mean certain things. It was in that context that hon Mnguni was raising it. So, I understood the context in which Wilson was raising the phrase, meaning nothing. So, it was not unparliamentary in that case. [Interjections.] Hon Wilson.

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So, hon members, as the principal of the school, even though for a short time, until the next election, we must have some language laboratory to ensure that across the board, we can understand these phrases. It can actually enrich the debate in this House, as oppose to degenerating it in any other manner.

Thank you very much for your indulgence.

Mr M WATERS: Chair, thank you for those rulings. Just on the other issue ... the F-word ... are you still ...

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): I will still come back to the other issue because I need to listen to the audio.

Mr M WATERS: Thank you.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Yes, we will do all of that. Yes, hon member, what’s your point of order?

Mr M XABA: Chair, I was just asking: to vote ANC, is it ... [Inaudible.]

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The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Order, hon member! You are now introducing a new thing that I would have to deal with! Hon Xulu?

The MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Thank you very much, Chairperson, for your ruling. In that context ...

IsiZulu:

... ngizocela ukuthi ilungu elihloniphekile uKalyan. Ubani igama lakhe?

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Kalyan.

IsiZulu:

UNGQONGQOSHE WEZOKUTHUTHUKISWA KWAMABHIZINISI AMANCANE:

Ngizocela ukuthi uma ebuya ahoxhise naye ngoba ungisukele ngingashongo lutho. Wangimemeza wathi uZulu uthe, wathi ngibe ngingashongo lutho. Usithethe isinqumo ngakho uma ebuya lapha kufuneka ahoxhise.

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English:

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms A T Didiza): Hon Xulu, thank you very much. I will have to look at Hansard, because I cannot recall right now what the actual context was within which your name was referred to. [Interjections.] Order, hon members! You are also out of order now!

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES ON OVERSIGHT VISIT TO NORTH WEST PROVINCE FROM 10–15 SEPTEMBER 2017

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN THE PRESIDENCY ON OVERSIGHT VISIT TO NORTH WEST PROVINCE FROM 10–

15 SEPTEMBER 2017

Ms P BENGU-KOMBE: Chairperson, the ANC supports the adoption of the joint Reports of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency, to North West on 10 to 11 September 2017.

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The purpose of the joint oversight was to oversee the implementation of the concurrent activities and cross-cutting policy issues particular to women in agriculture, including matters related to gender mainstreaming and equality.

The portfolio committees held stakeholder meetings with the provincial department on rural development, the environment and agricultural development. The MEC of the North West Department of Agriculture, the executive Mayor of Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, the Commission on Gender Equality and Provincial Office on the Status of Women.

During the oversight visit, we visited several agricultural projects which were Sabolanang Abbatoir, Moses Skotana Crop Production, Groot Marico Vegetables, Lebone Vegetables, Kopanelo Beef, Sehlohono Mokoena Agricultural Milling, Tswelopelo Fishery Project, Doorpan Mixed Farming, Tusano Communal Property Association, Motlahong Pickery, Setiso Farming, Apple Dry Agricultural Primary Co-operative, Sekonya and Sekonyana Farming.

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As a delegation, we made stark observations on issues of intergovernmental relations. There were inadequate intergovernmental relations between all these departments – rural development, water and sanitation, and agriculture.

Isizulu:

Okunye esakubona ukuthi lamapulazi athengwa nguhulumeni ukuba alinywe abantu abamnyama ewathenga kubalimi abamhlophe. Abalimi labo abamhlophe babe sebegodla amalayisense amanzi ukuze labalimi abamnyama bangakwazi ukusebenzisa amanzi futhi bangakwazi ukukhiqiza imikhiqizo yabo. Okunye futhi ...

English:

... there was poor building and skills development of beneficiaries to be fully capable of managing all aspects of their projects and business without depending on government or service providers.

For all projects, reports were done by officials of the department. Access to electricity and high electricity costs,

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lack of timeframes for project completion and exit strategies for each government-funded project, no clear linkage or alignment of some projects with agricultural policy action plan, and municipal integrated development plan, IDPs, lack of feasibility studies and assessment prior to project implementation, the use of one of the ...

I’m sorry, Chair.

The use of one of the service providers which was AgriDelight as one of the service providers for the whole province.

We also have these observations and recommendations as the portfolio committees for a provincial department of agriculture which is ... [Inaudible.] ... to submit a comprehensive report of interventions on outstanding issues that we observed. The issue of why only one service provider AgriDelight as the one service provider for the whole province, that the provincial department to submit all black farmers to department ... all black ... the list of all black farmers that will be

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32% of the provincial economy, followed by manufacturing at 5,6%, then agriculture at 2,9%.

The District Municipality of Dr Ruth Mompathi has identified a portion of land on a farm outside of Vryburg to develop Agri Park activities where they will build a feed mill and a feedlot. These are the items the province had delivered to the people of the Northwest. All these have been reigned in by the corruption that has overcome the province, resulting in the takeover by administration.

National government had to deploy the army to assist the communities that are under traditional leadership where, empowered by the construction of an abattoir administered by five members, Thlabologang Abattoir in Moses Skotane Local Municipality ... This project will supply local butcheries with red meat and government-led markets around Bokone Bophirima.

The project was supported by the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme, Casp, with an amount of R5 million.

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Feed crops are produced to alleviate poverty and create jobs for locals.

This as well in other ... part of the decision in the province were poultry and piggery ... has been part of projects to develop the communities. The Tswelelopele Fisheries project run by 12 participants where a challenge was noted that the entrance fees when entering the game reserve gate has resulted in them putting on hold fishing activity. They cannot afford the R75 entry fee at the gate daily just to fish. There are about 19 local women forums which were capacitated during the 2016-17 financial year.

A good working relationship was formalised ... Anyway ...

IsiZulu:

Siyawuxhasa umbiko siwu-IFP.[Ihlombe.]

IsiZulu:

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Usolwazi N M KHUBISA: Sihlalo, sisukuma ngokuwuxhasa lo mbiko ngoba uwumbiko obaluleke kakhulu.

English:

And the visit was meant to oversee the crosscutting policy issues [Interjection.]

Ms L L VAN DER MERWE: Chairperson, I’m sorry to interrupt. You just called the IFP again; he’s in fact an NFP member. I know he wants to rejoin, he’s already [Interjection.]

The HOUSE Chairperson (Ms M G BOROTO): No, I said NFP.

Ms L L VAN DER MERWE: Well, we are happy do another declaration.

The HOUSE Chairperson (Ms M G BOROTO): I thought you were talking on behalf of mam’Nkomo. No, it’s NFP.

IsiZulu:

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Usolwazi N M KHUBISA: Ngiyambona ukuthi ukhathele. Ngike ngambona ephuma eya kwenye indlu ngapha. [Uhleko.] Kukhona akutholile. Kuyalishintsha ikhanda lokho uma ukuthole kwaba kuningi. [Ubuwelewele.] [Uhleko.]

USIHLALO WENDLU (Nk M G Boroto): Qhubeka! Qhubeka baba uKhubisa.

English:

It was meant to oversee the cross-cutting policy issues, progress on agri-park limited projects, implementation of the Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative and support that is given to small holder and subsistence producers to enhance food security and production at the national and household level through the program such as the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Program, Ilima-Letsema.

Chairperson, North West contributes 2,9% to the agricultural economy of the North West province, which is a population of 3,7 million people and it is 70% rural, hence agriculture is very important.

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IsiZulu:

Siyaqonda futhi ukuthi kunephrojekthi enye eyisilaha uHulumeni la efake khona imali eningi ...

English:

... R5 million and R8 million; R8 million for the rooms, butchery, cattle pants, water, waste, drainage etc.

IsiZulu:

Esithemba ukuthi lezi zimali zonke zizosetshenziswa kahle kodwa siqaphele okunye ukuthi, sike sakhuluma lana ngamalungelo okuthola amanzi, enye into ebanga ukuthi bengakwazi ukusebenza

...

English:

... is the lack of water rights, poor water quality, there is also transport issues and also project branding. And I believe that we have these skills within the department; rather than outsourcing them, we can use department officials so that we save the money and we use the officials to assist our people who

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are in farming to brand, market and manage their product; and all the skills that are being insourced. The question of packaging their product is also an issue.

Electricity connections, there are a lot of frequent power outages, which means ...

IsiZulu:

... ukudla abakukhiqizayo kungabola ... [Akuzwakali.] bese-ke nemali yabo ...

English:

... is being stolen at some point; whereby you need the police to come in.

They also need some assistance in formal business training skills and there is persistent drought; but the work that they are doing is very good.

IsiZulu:

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Sisho futhi ukuthi mhlawumbe kungasiza ukuthi nabaholi bomdabu balekelele basize nabo ukuze bakwazi ukulima. Uma uya ezindabeni ezithinta abantu besifazane, kuyacaca ukuthi ...

English:

... they still need access to basic services such as water and electricity as well because there’s very little that is done for women in farming; whereas women are good farmers. We once had a farmer of the year who was a woman. [Time Expired.] So, all these issues must therefore be taken into cognisance. We support the Report. Thank you very much.

Sepedi:

Mna M R SEMENYA: Modulasetulo wa Ngwako, re le ANC re thekga pego ye, re re ke tšeo di diragetšego ge re be re le kua Leboa- Bophirima. Ke nyaka go le botša gore go pego ya rena ga go na moo e lego gore Agrilite e reketše Zuma dikgomo. Ge e le gore mohl Steyn o na le ditaba ... motho yo mongwe le yo mongwe gonabjale ka gore re ya dikgethong, ge a nyaka go tutuetša dikgetho, o bolela tšeo e sego tša nnete. Ke nyaka go le botša

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gore pego ya rena ga e na tšona tšeo. Se se lego gona ke gore re nyaka go tšea sebaka se re leboge Kabinete ge e ile ya romela Mme Nkosazana le ba bangwe go ya go thuša profense ya Leboa- Bophirima gore ditirelo di kgone go fihlelela batho.

Seo re nyakang go se bontšha ke gore ga se gore kua Leboa- Bophirima dilo di senyegile kudu; re na le Mme Lebone, yoo a filwego dihekthara, o bjala merogo o fepa setšhaba le mmaraka wa go na moo nageng. Gape re na le Katlego, o na le polasa kua Leboa-Bophirima, go na le dinku le dikolobe, o rekiša le peu. Re na le Katlego gape yo mongwe woo a lemang, ebile o rekiša mabele a gage mošwamawatle. Ke yo mongwe yoo a thopilego sefoka sa go ba Rapolasa wa Moswa wa Ngwaga ngwaga wo o fetilego. Bjale, ga se gore dilo di senyegile go ya ka mokgwa woo DA e di hlagišago ka gona. Ke nyaka gore go batho ba Afrika-Borwa, le tseba mo ANC e tšwago gona le lena. [Tsenoganong.]

English:

... ANC will travel this journey with you, we’ll correct the mistakes and we’ll do better than before because ...

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Sepedi: 1

Maabane go ka se swane le mamohla, ebile mamohla go ka se swane le gosasa. Mokgatlo wa ANC ke wona tsela, le nnete, le bophelo. Re thekga pego. [Tsenoganong.]

The Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party moved: That the Reports be adopted.

Motion agreed to.

Report of Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Oversight visit to North West Province from 10 - 15 September 2017 accordingly adopted.

Report of Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency on Oversight visit to North West Province from 10 - 15 September 2017 accordingly adopted.

THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE ANC FORMER PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, MR NDLELENI MOSES DUMA

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(Draft Resolution)

Mr M WOLMERANS: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

notes with sadness the untimely death of the former provincial secretary of the ANC in the North West, Mr Ndleleni Moses Duma, who died on Friday, 23 November 2018, after a long illness;

remembers that the 60-year-old Duma known as Prof was a selfless leader whose integrity stood the test of time during the mass mobilisation and underground operations to fight against racial segregation and oppression;

further remembers that he became the first provincial secretary of the ANC in the North West Province between 1994 to 1998;

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recognises that he was a selfless and resilient leader who served the province of the North West with diligence and great distinction;

recalls that Duma served the provincial government in different capacities, including MEC for agriculture between 2004 and 2006, and sport, arts and culture between 2006 and 2009;

further recalls that he was later deployed to the National Assembly where he was a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2014;

understands that at the time of his passing, Duma was a member of the North West Provincial Legislature; and

conveys our deepest condolences to the Duma family, friends and comrades during this difficult time.

Agreed to.

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REPORT BY FORMER MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY ON PROBING VIOLENCE AGAINST FOREIGN NATIONALS IN NOVEMBER 2015

(Draft Resolution)

Mr R W T CHANCE: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

notes that the former Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe, reported to Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals in November 2015 that the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration estimated that there were between five and six million documented and undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa, which constitutes 10% of the population;

further notes that studies by the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation found that up to 75% of spaza

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shops in Delft in Cape Town and Ivory Park in Johannesburg were owned or run by foreign nationals;

recognises that the retail sector in our townships and rural areas has been dramatically affected as a result, leading to anger and resentment among former South African spaza shop owners;

acknowledges the periodic outbreaks of violence against foreign nationals since 2008 resulting from this anger, most recently in Soweto in August this year; and

calls upon government to accelerate the plan of action outlined in the Ad Hoc Committee's final report which includes securing our borders, professionalising our police service and improving access to jobs and small business development, so that long-term solutions can be found that eliminate outbreaks of violence and lead to a thriving locally owned retail sector once again.

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Agreed to.

THE KILLING OF CHARLTON KARUWERUWE INSIDE A SCHOOL TOILET

(Draft Resolution)

Ms J V BASSON: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

notes with great shock the killing of Charlton Karuweruwe, a Grade 1 pupil, who was stabbed to death inside a school toilet in Makapanstad, North West on Wednesday, 21 November 2018;

further notes that Charlton was allegedly stabbed multiple times by a Grade 11 pupil from Mankala Technical High School;

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acknowledges that it is alleged the suspect had apparently slept in the toilet overnight without anyone knowing he was there;

further acknowledges that it is also reported that the deceased was one of the first to go to the toilet in the morning and the Grade 11 learner allegedly repeatedly stabbed him;

understands that the deceased was then rushed to the local clinic where he was later certified dead;

supports fully the police investigation into the circumstances of this horrific murder to ascertain the reasons behind the murder;

thanks the principal of the school for the bravery in managing the apprehension of the perpetrator. I thank you, Chairperson. [Time expired.]

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Agreed to.

BANYANA BANYANA WINNING SEMI-FINALS MATCH OF THE AFRICAN WOMEN CUP OF NATIONS

(Draft Resolution)

Ms L L VAN DER MERWE: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

congratulates the SA women’s national soccer team, Banyana Banyana, for winning their semi-final match at the 2018 African Women’s championship in Ghana on Tuesday evening, 27 November 2018;

notes that the 2-nil victory over Mali was a historic victory as it ensured that Banyana Banyana qualified for the very first time, for the FIFA Women’s World Cup which will take place in France next year;

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further notes that the national team is set to play in the 2018 African Women’s championship final against Nigeria on Saturday, 1 December 2018;

recognises the sterling performances of all team members that led to Banyana Banyana’s victory, while especially appreciating the leadership and dedication of their coach and captain;

calls on the Department of Sports to urgently review its support to the women’s team including the salaries of players which requires urgent attention; and

wishes the national team all the best with their upcoming matches and calling on the nation to rally in support behind them. I so move.

Agreed to.

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KPMG GIVING SOTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARY FORUM IN ANGOLA THE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND HIV AND AIDS GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION

(Draft Resolution)

Mr A M SHAIK EMAM: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

notes that at the plenary assembly of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum, SADC PF, in Angola, it was reported that KPMG had given the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, SRHR, programme, a clean Bill of Health an unqualified audit opinion;

further notes that:

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months earlier, the very same KPMG, conducting an independent audit of the project, provided a damming report;
the former chairperson of the committee, requested a copy of the KPMG report which the researcher Natalie Leibrandt either failed, neglected or refused to provide;
the division manager Mr Sithole, who is allegedly not qualified to be in his current position, blocked the release of the KPMG report;
the attempts to obtain the unqualified audit opinion has also not been provided despite numerous requests;
the former Secretary-General who agreed to a forensic audit was thereafter suspended with immediate effect in an unlawful manner, without following due process, resulting in hundreds of thousands of rands in wasteful expenditure being paid to him in a settlement agreement;

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an attempt was made to file a motion calling for a forensic audit, however, this again was stopped by the researcher, Natalie Leibrandt, and Mr Sithole;
despite a policy in place to ensure employment of staff on rotational basis many countries are marginalised;
despite a maximum of two terms for employees this undertaking is ignored;
attempts were made to table a motion on oversight and this was rejected; and
at the plenary assembly member states were levelling accusations at each other, accusing each other of benefiting unduly from this project;

acknowledges that various attempts were made to address the challenges;

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calls on the South African government through the relevant structures to intervene and investigate the above matters. [Time expired.]

Agreed to.

THE BARBARIC ATTACK ON THREE DOCTORS IN THEIR HOSPITAL RESIDENCE IN LETABA HOSPITAL IN TZANEEN, LIMPOPO

(Draft Resolution)

Mr D MNGUNI: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

condemns in the strongest possible terms the barbaric attack on three doctors in their hospital residence in Letaba Hospital in Tzaneen, Limpopo, on Thursday, 22 November 2018;

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notes that a group of about five heavily armed men broke into the doctors’ quarters in the early hours of Thursday, shot two doctors and stabbed the third one;

understands that the doctors are currently receiving treatment at the hospital;

recalls that several incidents of robberies where doctors were targeted, have previously been reported at other hospitals in the province;

views the attacks on our medical professionals as a declaration of war on the state and the citizens of the republic;

calls on law enforcement agencies to ensure that those behind the attacks are apprehended and brought to justice; and

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wishes the injured doctors a speedily recovery. I so move.

Agreed to.

INNER-CITY SCHOOLS DESPARATE FOR INSPIRATION, LEADERSHIP AND LOVE FROM THEIR TEACHERS

(Draft Resolution)

Mr M BAGRAIM: Chairperson, I move without notice:

That the House –

notes that many of our inner-city schools are desperate for inspiration, leadership and love from their teachers;

further notes that Ms Caroline Green, known as Mrs Butterfly at a larger inner-city co-ed government

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school in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, has been that inspirational teacher and has made her mark on many of the students who had to live through violence, poverty, absentee fathers, gangsterism, to name a few social ills;

recognise that the motivational programme inaugurated by Ms Caroline Green which became known as the Butterfly Movement enabled students to embrace their own belovedness, in order to make positive and lasting changes in their lives;

further recognises that the Butterfly workshops were started, and the schools served as a cocoon and a nurturing space in which the students could gradually transform into butterflies;

congratulates Ms Green on her book, the Butterfly Moments, which documents some of the success stories

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and encouraging encounters of the Butterfly Movement; and

applauds and encourages dedicated teaching staff who has an enormous positive influence on their students, such as Ms Green.

Agreed to.

PRAVIN GORDHAN RECEIVING DOCTORATE FROM HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL

(Draft Resolution)

Dr P MAESELA: House Chair, the ANC moves without notice:

That the House —

notes that Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, has been conferred with an honorary doctorate of Business Administration degree by the University of

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Reading’s Henley School of Business on Thursday, 23 November 2018;

further notes that the degree was conferred on the Minister at the school’s annual graduation ceremony held at the Theatre on the Track, Kyalami in Johannesburg;

remembers that Henley honoured Gordhan with a doctorate for all of the great, brave and selfless work he is doing for South Africa;

understands that Minister Gordhan became the first South African to ever receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Reading’s Henley Business School; and

congratulates Minister Gordhan on receiving such a prestigious award.

Agreed to.

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DEATH OF REVERAND CHRIS VESSELS

(Draft Resolution)

Ms N P KHUNOU: House Chairperson, the ANC moves without notice:

That the House —

notes with sadness the death of the struggle veteran and former political prisoner, Reverend Chris Wessels, on Tuesday, 13 November 2018, after succumbing to pancreatic cancer;

understands that 83 year old Wessels believed in justice and righteousness in all spheres of life and dedicated himself to the upliftment of the poor and marginalised and the dismantling of the evil system of apartheid under which many people suffered;

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recognises that his fight against apartheid injustices and involvement in the black consciousness movement landed him in prison a few times;

remembers that in the middle of the Soweto uprisings in 1976 he wrote about ten proposals to the government, and one prominent proposal probably angered the system the most and had him imprisoned;

recalls that Rev Wessels travelled throughout the world looking for bursaries and study opportunities for many young South Africans before and after the 1976 student uprisings;

acknowledges that he lectured at the Moravian Theological Seminary and retired in January 2000 after

30 years of dedicated service, but continued serving part time at congregations; and

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conveys its deepest condolences to his wife, his children, grandchildren and the entire Wessels family.

Agreed to.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

(Draft Resolution)

Mr P J MNGUNI: House Chairperson, the ANC moves without notice:

That the House —

notes that in 1977, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People;

remembers that the Palestinian people live primarily in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967,

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including East Jerusalem, in Israel, in neighboring Arab States, and in refugee camps in the region;

recalls that this day provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact that the question of Palestine remains unresolved and that the Palestinian people have yet to attain their inalienable rights as defined by the General Assembly such as the right to self-determination without external interference;

acknowledges that the parliamentarians from the Palestine Parliament particularly from Hamas, is currently here in South Africa for a week long visit to thank the South African government and the people of South Africa for playing a leading role in international solidarity with the Palestinian people;

further acknowledges that the peoples of Africa and the Palestinian people share an experience of struggle

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against tyranny colonialism, including settler colonialism and apartheid; and

calls on governments and member states to support and highlight the observance of this Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians

Agreed to.

GRADE SIX PUPIL, MAURICE BOTHA, SECURES A SEAT TO COMPETE AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE TEAM IN THE ANNUAL AFRICAN SPELLING CHAMPIONSHIP

(Draft Resolution)

Dr M J FIGG: House Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:

That this House —

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notes that Jeffreys Bay learner, Maurice Botha, secured a seat to compete as part of the National Spelling Bee team in the annual African Spelling Championship hosted in Kenya;

further notes that the Pellsrus Primary School Grade 6 pupil won last year’s Spelling Bee while in Grade 5;

also noted that the competition will see the 11 year old Afrikaans home language speaker pitted against the best spellers from seventeen other African countries;

acknowledges that Maurice is the only Eastern Cape pupil in the six man South African team;

also acknowledges that coming from an area that is plagued by social, moral and financial challenges, Maurice Botha is still able to exceed all expectations and is the first pupil in the school’s history to compete at an international level; and

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wishes him well as he competes for the Grand Prize of R280 000.

Agreed to.

APHIWE DYANTYI NAMED THE 2018 WORLD RUGBY BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR

(Draft Resolution)

Mr S M RALEGOMA: House Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:

That the House —

notes that the Springbok and Lions wing, Aphiwe Dyantyi, was named the 2018 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year in Monaco on Sunday, 25 November 2018;

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understands that Aphiwe beat Ireland wing, Jordan Larmour and New Zealand prop, Karl Tu’inukuafe, to receive the award;

further understands that the 24 year old became the first South African to win this prestigious award for players in their debut international season;

recalls that Dyantyi scored six tries in his first eight tests for the Boks - including two in the famous win against the All Blacks in Wellington and finished his debut season with 13 caps this year;

recognises that Aphiwe has been sensational since making the step up to senior provincial rugby and after a superb debut season for the Emirates Lions in Vodacom Super Rugby, he was deservedly called up to the Springbok squad;

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remembers that he finished as the joint top try-scorer in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, which is a wonderful achievement for a rookie test player; and

congratulates Aphiwe Dyantyi for picking up the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year 2018 award.

Mr P J MNGUNI (ANC): House Chair, the desperation by the EFF to tarnish the name and character of the hon Minister Gordhan is because they fear his decisive tackling of corruption and looting of the public purse in SOEs and SARS, will uncover the truth about those implicated, including them. They have lied about the bank account he allegedly holds in Canada. As a South African citizen, he cannot open a Canadian bank account. They have no evidence to back up this untruth.

By concocting and parading untruths about him and his family, they appear under threat and their fabrications have been uncovered by an investigation by News24. His daughter, Anisha, was accused of being awarded contracts through her companies which she was at some point a director. Again, it took News24 to establish that these claims have no basis.

They have accused him of being at the centre of state capture, but we still await them to take their evidence and present them,

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under oath, before the State Capture Inquiry. The Zondo Commission is waiting for that evidence. The EFF must be seen for what it is - a party which will go to extreme lengths to defend themselves and other characters involved in looting and corruption while crudely applying a distorted version of the ideology founded by the likes of the classical fathers, like Marx, Lenin, Engels, Fanon, Mao and other great revolutionaries. We so move.

JUBILATION AS 1 800 SOSHANGUVE RESIDENTS RECEIVE TITLE DEEDS

(Member’s Statement)

Mr X MABASA (ANC): House Chair, jubilation as 1 800 Soshanguve residents receive title deeds. The ANC aims to issue title deeds to every house and eradicate squatter settlement. We are working hard to speed up the transfer of ownership of homes to millions of our poor people.

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One thousand eight hundred beneficiaries from Soshanguve Extension 5, 6 and 7 received their title deeds on Friday, 23 November 2018. There were scenes of jubilation at the Soshanguve Extension 7 sports grounds where residents were handed title deeds by the Gauteng Premier, David Makhura, as part of the programme to restore dignity to the people.

The ANC thanks the Department of Human Settlement for ensuring the residents realize that they are an important part of the developmental project and they now have proof that they are the real owners.

By not having title deeds in place, people are denied the opportunity to participate in the property market. The ANC encourages residents not to sell their homes no matter how difficult the challenges they face as this is a long-term investment for generations to come. I thank you.

AUDITOR-GENERAL CONFIRMS WESTERN CAPE AS CLEANEST GOVERNMENT

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(Member’s Statement)

Mr R T HUGO (DA): Once again, the DA-led Western Cape government has received the highest number of clean audits in South Africa

... [Applause.] ... in 2018-19 across all entities and departments, with 83% clean audit outcomes achieved. Eleven out of 13 provincial departments received clean audits overall; and

12 out of 13 received an unqualified opinion.

This compares to the next closest province, Gauteng, which trails far behind at 52%. This is bad news for the people of Gauteng and great news for the people of the Western Cape as there’s a direct link between the DA’s brand of good governance and the quality of services delivery to our people.

In 2009, under the ANC and their New National Party alliance partners, not one department in the Western Cape had a clean audit. Since then, under a DA government, good governance and accountability to the people of the Western Cape has been entrenched.

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For the last five years, the Western Cape has also consistently come out as the top financial performer according to the Presidency’s Performance Management Assessment Tool.

The Auditor-General has confirmed something we all know - the Western Cape runs the cleanest provincial government in South Africa. Come 2019, we look forward to extending the DA’s brand. Thank you. [Applause.]

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCE THAT WORK EXPERIENCE NO LONGER A RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENT

(Member’s Statement)

Ms L D MESO (ANC): House Chair, the ANC applauds the announcement by the Department of Public Service and Administration that as from 01 April 2019, work experience will no longer be a requirement for recruitment for entry-level jobs in the public sector and views the this commitment as a step in

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the right direction with regard to alleviating the youth unemployment, particularly that of the jobless graduates.

This initiative is part of the ANC government’s effort to address the country’s high youth unemployment rate. By removing unnecessary barriers for entry into the public service as well as providing a platform for new graduates to acquire the required experience in their chosen careers.

Further, this will bring and attract new innovative blood into the public service that will enhance the government’s human resource development capacity. This illustrates that the ANC government is a caring government, which listens to the problems and challenges facing young people and is tirelessly working very hard to address high levels of youth unemployment.

This effort is one amongst many that the government has initiated to alleviate youth unemployment. I thank you.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCE THAT WORK EXPERIENCE NO LONGER A RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENT

(Member’s Statement)

Ms M L DUNJWA (ANC): House Chair, the ANC applauds the announcement by the Department of Public Service and Administration that as from 01 April 2019, work experience will no longer be a requirement for recruitment for entry-level jobs in the public sector and views the this commitment as a step in the right direction with regard to alleviating the plight of youth unemployment, particularly ... [Interjections.]

The CHIEF WHIP OF THE OPPOSITION: On a point of order. I have a bad case of déjà vu. I am sure we have just heard we have just heard that member’s statement.

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M G Boroto): Hon member, that statement has already been read. Thank you. [Interjections.]

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NEW PRESIDENT OF INTERPOL

(Member’s Statement)

Ms D KOHLER (DA): Some of us in this Chamber lived through the terrible Jackie Selebi era – the man South Africa trusted enough to make our National Police Commissioner and who brought such pride when he was elected President of the Interpol.

This was the man who, in 2008, was put on fully paid extended leave and who resigned as President of Interpol after being found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 15 years.

He served just a few months before being released on Schabir shaky grounds. He died five years later not having paid taxpayers’ a single cent of the R17,4 million we forked out only to find him guilty.

The shame brought to the SAPS by these events was inordinate, but a week ago we had the chance to shine again. Our contender

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for Interpol President looked to be a shoe-in. Brigadier Anbuen Scott Naidoo, retired, was nominated at the 87th general assembly. Only two others were nominated from Russia and South Korea.

Today, we should be basking in the glory of having a new SA President of the Interpol but our candidate was withdrawn. Instead, South Africa backed the controversial Russian candidate and alleged former Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, KGB, agent, Alexander Prokopchuk and lost.

Who took this dodgy decision Minister? Who ditched a South African in favour of a dodgy Russian? Is it a coincidence that this decision was taken as our Deputy President, who wasn’t sick but was on sick leave in Russia? What did we get out of this dodgy deal? [Time expired.]

PRIVATE COMPANY REPLACES EASTERN CAPE VILLAGE SCHOOL’S THREE PIT LATRINES WITH 16 TOILETS

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(Member’s Statement)

Mr I A PIKININI (ANC): House Chair, the ANC would like to thank the private company, Amalooloo, for joining hands with the Department of Basic Education and its donated 16 toilets to pupils of Mfunalwazi Primary School in Ncera Village during Toilet Day, on Monday, 19 November 2018. The new toilets include six for girls, six for boys and four for teachers.

The toilets are eco-friendly and use a compost system with a tank behind them for pupils to wash their hands. Other schools have benefited from this company through partnership collaboration and participated in the Sanitation Appropriate for Education campaign launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in August 2018. We commend the private company, Amalooloo, for heeding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for partnership with the private sector and the government as part of the Thuma Mina campaign. Thank you very much.

UNABRIDGED BIRTH CERTIFICATES CONSENT

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We also welcome the statement made by the hon Mbele, although it did surprise us given the relationship. Nevertheless, we do note that there is trouble in paradise. We would support hon Mnguni in that the aspersions that have been cast against Minister Gordhan are totally unwarranted and without any substance. We are aware that the first refugee of a scoundrel is insults and that is exactly what is happening.

Finally, we certainly are committed as government to working hard to ensure that more of all our spheres achieve improved our audit outcomes and that is something that Parliament should support all departments on. We should not just limit ourselves to looking at one aspect of government. I think it should be a priority for South Africa that all public resources are properly accounted for and utilised for the purpose to which they are directed. Thank you very much. [Applause.]

ANC EMERGED VICTORIOUS IN BY-ELECTIONS NEW PRESIDENT OF INTERPOL

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AUDITOR-GENERAL CONFIRMS WESTERN CAPE AS CLEANEST GOVERNMENT

(Minister’s Response)

The MINISTER OF WATER AND SANITATION: Hon House Chair...

IsiXhosa:

... i-ANC iyasetyenzelwa. Iphulo u-Thuma Mina liyasebenza kwaye abantu boMzantsi Afrika bayayazi ukuba i-ANC ngumbutho wabo.

Ngoku i-ANC ibuyele ebantwini ngo-Thuma Mina kwaye abantu babonakalisile ukuba bayayithanda i-ANC. Abantu bathi bayiqhele ngolu hlobo lulungileyo i-ANC kwaye ngowama-2019 kuza kubanjalo. Baza kudana naba babane besithi baza kuphatha. Baza kuphatha phi?

Kukho iLungu lePalamente elihloniphekileyo, uKohler Barnard...

English:

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... attacks a person who long departed in this world. [Interjections.] It is shameful and does not deserve any substantive response. It is just shameful.

IsiXhosa:

Asikhonjalo thina kwaye ayibobuntu ukuhlasela umntu owabhubhayo. [Kwaqhwatywa.]

English:

Why would we be surprised when the Western Cape, the last outpost of racial privilege in this country receives most of the clean audits? Why should we be surprised?

IsiXhosa:

Iphondo laseNtshona Koloni lilawulwa yi-DA esenababantu babefundiswe ezikolweni ukodlula abanye abantu kwaye uninzi lwabo lwaabalekela apha eKapa. Balapha ngoku. [Kwaqhwatywa.]

SIGNING OF HISTORIC NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE INTO LAW

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCE THAT WORK EXPERIENCE NO LONGER A RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENT

(Minister’s Response)

The MINISTER OF LABOUR: Hon House Chairperson, I would like to thank hon Mashile for raising the issue that relates to the National Minimum Wage. I must also confess and commit that as the Department of Labour we are going to make sure that those who will be applying for exemption will submit the relevant documents particularly when it comes to unaffordability. At the same time, we have agreed at National Economic Development and Labour Council, Nedlac on the joint monitoring of the implementation of the National Minimum Wage. We also want to appeal to the workers that when the employer is saying that he or she is applying for the exemption the workers as well must submit the petition that agreed to that application by that employer so that we can be able to see whether the reality is that the employer cannot afford.

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In addition, I just want to clarify the confusion particularly because at the public there, there is an issue of the increase of the Sectoral Determination for Domestic Workers that that sectoral determination is dealing with the increase of a yearly basis and when the National Minimum Wage kicks in, the domestic workers will further get the increase as per the Sectoral Determination.

Hon House Chair, let me also say in terms of the work experience, to add on what hon Minister Pandor has said, I just want to remind the comrades that as the ANC there was a resolution that was taken at Nasrec. As the ANC we are proud to say that we implement our resolutions as the ANC because...

IsiXhosa:

... asinamona, asinanzondo kwaye sisebenzela abantu baseMzantsi Afrika.

English:

Thank you very much. [Applause.]

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debates the 37.5% increase in elephant poaching, in the first and second quarters alone in the Kruger National Park. I thank you.

MR P J MNGUNI Hon House Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House, I shall move on behalf of the ANC:

That the House –

debates the strengthening and capacitating of neighbourhood watch and Community Police Forums, CPFs, to continue working with law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking and sex slavery. I so move.

The House adjourned at 20:35

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